Between intelligence and being smart

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Often times we used the words Intelligence and being Smart interchangeably as though they mean the same thing. We most times ascribe to intelligent people as being smart, and vice versa. Is there a difference between the two, are they the same thing with different names?

These questions are what we must look into in this article. You can be intelligent and be smart, you can be smart and intelligent, you can be intelligent without being smart, you can also be smart without being intelligent. There is a line between the two.

Intelligence is the intrinsic ability to absorb and remember vast amounts of information about a certain topic. Such an IQ enables an individual to possess vast knowledge on a specific subject more than others in the same field. This is on the grounds that the individual has tremendous information on a specific subject. As it were the individual knows a ton of things. Being smart is a description of an individual who realizes how to utilize the information they know. The individual doesn't really need to know a great deal of things yet they do realize how to utilize what things they do know for their potential benefit throughout everyday life.

So, what is between the two is on which side of life you view an individual. Intelligence can give you headways on your particular field of study or training, it cannot get you beyond that. You can only be hailed as a genius among those who are in your circle, and in which angle you move you can only remain in that circle. But being smart can get you out of the box or your circle so much that you need to be able to handle every situation that comes your way on daily basis.

To be intelligent you must be able to assimilate information and replicate them as you have heard, and this usually, is an innate ability on an individual. But to be smart you need to be able to put the assimilated information to practice on a daily basis. There are individuals who are champions in terms of book knowledge, but when it comes to practice they are failures. It is pertinent to say, for you not to be an intelligent fool, you must be able to replicate your knowledge practically.

You cannot learn to be intelligent, but you can learn to be smart. The underlying truth here is that everyone can not be intelligent, but everyone can be smart. You can not read a book to be intelligent, you need intelligence to read and understand a book. On the other hand, you can read a book to be smart by putting into practice what you have read. On the surface, intelligent people ought to be smarter, but often it's never so. The intelligent die with their intelligence while the smart take what they know, little as it may seem, and shine in life and in their endeavors. Little wondering why the genius is not the once leading in various parastatals but the smart do.

Socially, the intelligent term to be timid and introspective. They are usually withdrawn and loners. The smart are champions on the streets, such we called street smart. Though it takes intelligence to choose the right associate, but it takes smartness to make the move and initiate a rapport leading to a lasting relationship. The ladies know this truth, that it's not intelligence that wins the love but smartness. The smartest always wins the race.

Economically, a blend of intelligence and smartness must be in full play for an individual to make headway. Intelligence alone cannot guarantee financial success to anyone. In fact, intelligence is only about 40% in play when it comes to financial pursuit. Smartness must be fully deployed to gain a financial advantage in whatever field you find yourself in. Intelligence can help to discover new financial avenues, but you must be smart enough to take bold steps in exploring the avenue. Remember, the financial markets are very competitive, so be the smart you can be, and don't forget to use your intelligence as well.

Conclusion

The distinction between being intelligent and being smart could be addressed basically to the environment you live in. In the event that you work in a scholastic office or in exploration and anything science-related, you should be intelligent. These are fields where the steady securing of data is essential. All other different fields of movement need you to be smart.

Smartness is functional, truly pertinent, and for the most part attractive for everyday life. Being intellectual is a remarkable trait, but it is not a common one.

Smart portrays an individual who settles on the correct decisions and who takes the correct route with respect to a particular reason. It is a demeanor an individual can receive and a status one can strive to accomplish. An individual can get smart or smarten up by applying what information they have obtained or by gaining from individual encounters. In the world today everyone acknowledges a smart individual and the great choices taken. In this manner, it's something individuals can see about in you, it is an exceptionally abstract and non-quantifiable quality.

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Good thinking points are ignited. A few questions are about to burn inside me.

Are the top billionaires smart or intelligent? They made huge profits during the last two years of the pandemic-induced lockdowns. Is there any similarity of meaning between smart and cunning?

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2 years ago

What a topic! I liked the expression, "being a smart fool."

In this sense, most of us humans comply with that powerful phrase.

Success in society is not always behavior that denotes true intelligence.

I like to talk about wisdom and prudence in terms of achieving true humility.

The fox can be very cunning but not always prudent, so in the end, it ends up being hunted.

Greetings, my friend.

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2 years ago

You can't learn to be intelligent but you can learn to be smart... nice one 💯

Intelligence will make you have an A, but smartness will help you make use of it, of what you know no matter how small. It will bring you beyond the circle.

Every students needs to be both intelligent and smart.

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2 years ago

Every new thinking and new way of life how we deal some are smart but some are intelligent , Smart people doing their work smartly

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2 years ago

I wish I was good in making decisions too

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2 years ago

Making financial decisions in this crypto world, I'm usually a mess ahah

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