Are People Born Smart?

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When we hear stories about a seven-year-old who can speak different languages, or see a video of someone with a photographic memory repeating back every single person’s name in a fifty person auditorium, we sit back in awe.

“How can they do that?” we then begin to wonder.

We begin to think that high levels of intelligence are more the result of nature, rather than nurture.

But this is absolutely not the case.

The truth is, we are all blank slates when we arrive here on earth. Sure, we inherit a few things from our predecessors, but ultimately our futures depend on our work ethic. There are plenty of brilliant people in the world who never amount to much, solely because they lacked the desire to refine their inherent talents and intelligence.

And, on the other side of the spectrum, there are plenty of people who had the odds stacked against them and went on to do brilliant things.

People aren’t born smart.

People learn how to work with what they’ve got, and become smart as a result.

How?

  • Smart People Read Almost All the Time.

Reading is a skill just like any other, and we forget that. Go too long without reading and stretching your brain, and you’ll find the task to be incredibly difficult — especially when it comes time to recall what you’ve read.

Sure, it’s discouraging when you come across someone who can practically download books into their brain and remember every single piece of information. But that’s far from the common standard. For most people, reading has to be a practice and a habit.

  • Smart People Love making Mistakes.

People who understand how true intelligence is cultivated also understand that “mistakes” don’t really exist.

Every misstep is an opportunity to learn a lesson, improve, and move forward.

Which means, part of becoming “smart” is shifting your mentality away from fearing mistakes and instead embracing them.

Why?

Because they show you what you need to learn next, refine, and improve upon in order to reach the next level. That’s all the growth process really is.

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  • Smart People see value in all types of Knowledge.

Dumb people are the ones who say, “Oh, that’s not relevant to me. I don’t need to know that.”

Smart people are the ones who say, “That’s interesting. I didn’t know that. Tell me more.”

Knowledge, in itself, is subjective. It’s relative to your pursuits, your goals, your ambitions, and your current projects.

However, that’s not to say that some knowledge is worth knowing and some knowledge isn’t. No, there aren’t enough hours in the day to know everything, but should you find yourself in a conversation about an unknown topic, why shut it out?

Smart people embrace these random moments of learning, and see them as opportunities to expand who they are and their awareness of the world.

  • Smart People Work Very Hard.

Whoever thinks becoming “smart” is a cake walk has never traveled the path.

Learning and improving should be fun, and you should enjoy it. But at the same time, it would be naive to think the process was always rainbows and roses.

The truth is, it’s hard work to dig into your craft and really learn it inside and out.

Smart people don’t shy away from this sort of discipline. What they do is they create a life and a schedule that encourages it, forcing themselves to get done what they need to get done in order to remain in a constant state of growth.

Thank you all for your time. I appreciate your love and support.. Please don't forget to subscribe for more and comment to share more ideas.. Learning is a process and we all know that.

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Hi I'm chin, I'm new hear, and currently browsing the homepage where I saw your publish, yes it's true people are not born smart . Every ones life are not pure fine , it's like rough road, that even we walk or run we still fall or do some mistake, but instead of having fear on mistake let's embrace it because every mistake we did new learning, knowledge, strong personality we can be.

I like your article.. it's one of the most interesting articles I read so far. I really like it.

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Thanks a lot. I am really grateful

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4 years ago

People has the ability to learn which will make them smarter.

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4 years ago

Well-said. I couldn't agree any less. Thanks

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😊

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4 years ago

I enjoy reading your article. Use wisely your smart in good values and good action.

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Thanks a lot. I am grateful

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You're welcome. You deserved it💞💞

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Thanks

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4 years ago

Yeah it is

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Thanks

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Of course, naturally a human is born without knowing anything. A man can only become smart when he begin to wonder about everything and find an answer about it.

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4 years ago

Well said. Thanks a lot

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4 years ago

I enjoy read your article. People has the ability to learn and that how we become smarter. We learn as we grow.

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Sure. Thanks for adding up

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4 years ago

Yeah I totally agree with you...a man can only become smart when he begin to wonder about everything. Thank you so much sir for writing this article and share it with us.

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Sure. Thanks

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Thank you so much😊

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Welcome

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4 years ago

Very insightful article. I enjoy reading your articles truly. Thank you. ❤

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Welcome

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all children are born with unimaginable potential, it is the way they are educated and the environment that defines whether that talent is developed or lost

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Sure. Thanks for adding up

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I am totally agree with you. Thanks for this nice article.

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Thanks

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4 years ago

Very well said. All things can be learned. 🤗

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Sure thing. Thanks for your comment

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You're welcome 🤗

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Yep. No probs hehe

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wow this one cool article a total must read ☺️

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Sure thanks

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heeeey "our futures depend on our work ethic" you've got it really on point. We must work more to nurture ourselves! Thanks for this!

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You are welcome

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All things can be learn.I enjoy reading your articles.

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Thanks a lot. I really appreciate

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your welcome

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Keep sharing

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Sure, thanks

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Oh , you have point

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Thanks

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4 years ago

I enjoyed this write up a lot 😊 I remembered a sentence one of my teachers always told the class "smart is an attitude, intelligence is what knowledge you have stored in your brain" and basing on what you've written, I'd say it fits just about right now

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Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it

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Correct!

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Yh

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We are like a empty glass, water will not pour inside if you will not initiate to put it in. You have the choice to pour just a little bit or pour it till you became full. But no matter how you will put the water in it will never be enough. If the glass is broken, the water will scattered. It is you to decide if you let it be or you get another glass and pour another water in it. Great article!

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Thanks a lot. I am grateful

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You are welcome.

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I think u can inherit your parents intelligence n as u grew older, u gained more knowldege n knowledge is power, i'd saw in a news about a person that's already finished his doctorate degree n yet still want to study so he can still get knowledge n want to learn everything

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You are right. I see intelligence and smartness to be two different things

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Hahaha you hit the article I was planning on making two days ago. Knowledge Is Power

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😃😃

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Lol, did i?guess, i'm good at making a guess then, eh

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Very valid points. Reading is very important, and one should not read only one sort of literature or about one topic, reading is an excellent way to take steps into new areas or fields of knowledge.

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Thanks

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I had fun reading your article.Keep it up

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Thanks

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I feel most times, ones trait has a role to play on one being smart and so.. Right?

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Yh

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A new born human is like a clean sheet of paper. It contains nothing. But if you write something to it, it has some data. Just like the new born, you can teach them things so that they will have knowledge. They will become curious and they will learn to explore many things.

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Well said. Thanks for that

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You're welcome ☺️

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4 years ago

Definitely. Nobody in this world is born smart. Even the smartest people was born with zero knowledge. Intellect is something we gained by learning and through experiences. I love this article. Write more!

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Well said. Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate

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My pleasure 😊

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I've subscribed to you. All of your articles are great. I've finding someone who writes this way. You're my new inspiration in writing. Thank you :)

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Thanks a lot. I will do same.

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Thank you! :)))

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Thanks a lot. I will do same.

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Wow, this is superb, I like your thoughts. Agree on you, that smart people always love to read to collect more information and knowledge.. Smart people will never boasts themselves that they are smart instead they show up their outputs.

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Of course. And You seem to be one of the smart ones. Keep it up

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I guess we are both smart let's put it that way 😂

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Thankyou so much!

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Welcome.

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4 years ago

We are not born smart , but we live to be smart.

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Well said

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Very nice work. I'm really impressed. This is really interesting.

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Thanks

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No one is born smart indeed.

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Thanks

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Great

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I appreciate

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🍃🌸All of us born with zero knowledge but, with our different way of nurture everyone of us have a unique capabilities that's why we are amazed if someone is more smarter than us for something he/she done amazing,.. but we are all equal with our own capabilities.🌸🍃

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Well said. Thanks for your comment

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Well said. Thanks for your comment

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4 years ago

No one is born smart we all ought to make our selves smart. Thanks for the nice article

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