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| DarkPlasmaBall United States. May 29 2012 12:57. Posts 19998 | Profile Blog # |
I had the same IQ as you in fourth grade (although I haven't yet made a blog about it), and I grew up doing puzzles, brain teasers, and anything else that would keep my mind stimulated. I read a lot too. These kinds of things kept me entertained and made me think a lot.
Secondary education wasn't hard, but once you hit college, you'll eventually hit a course that gets tough. Then you make yourself get motivated. I'm also very competitive in sports, so I always had the drive to be better than others. Make friends that are also as good as you at certain things- to the point that you need to constantly be on top of your game.
How old are you? Where are you in your education? Last edit: 2012-05-29 12:57:51 |
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| kamkerx May 29 2012 13:16. Posts 239 | Profile Blog # |
| if your tired of everything being ez and want a challenge que up! |
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| MateShade Australia. June 01 2012 02:33. Posts 706 | Profile # |
| Same boat dude. 149 currently at uni studying pharmacy, struggling to get motivated to work for anything these days and i get really annoyed at myself when I get so lazy. |
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| Zorkmid Canada. June 01 2012 02:55. Posts 3858 | Profile Blog # |
151 when I was a kid. But they scale it up based on age. I'm guessing I'm closer to 51 these days.
On the one hand, I don't think that one can overcome one's nature easily. Mostly people working at menial jobs probably think they were meant for something better, more challenging, astrophysics etc., but someone has to manage the spreadsheets and edit the newsletters and keep the machines running. (Reminds me of when I heard about progamers that think they're just going to smoothly transition into medicine, law or theoretical physics).
On the other hand, I had a room mate in university who flunked out of physics in his second year, but then somehow became infatuated with the human hand, and 9 years later is a vascular surgeon that specializes in the hand. Maybe there's something out there that will motivate you to rise to the top of some profession.
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| dongmydrum United States. June 01 2012 04:12. Posts 135 | Profile Blog # |
| its simple economics really; people respond to incentives. when somebody praises you for your good work, you feel good about it and you try to replicate that result. I think there was a study done about this subject that a major factor that separated people who did well in school and people who did not was the ability to derive pleasure from future success and put more weight into it than to short term success. Of course if you do what you love, maybe it in of itself will be a huge incentive. |
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| Bojas Netherlands. June 01 2012 05:30. Posts 1426 | Profile # |
I think you need to take on responsibilitys, if you're used to being responsible for certain things you'll do them with enough effort as is neccesary. And if it's easy cause your IQ is too high I'd watch as much of Jersey Shore as possible to lower your IQ (joke) Set goals if there's no way to make yourself responsible for certain things.
By the way this thread made me feel self concious about my own 117. |
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| Zorkmid Canada. June 01 2012 06:44. Posts 3858 | Profile Blog # |
On June 01 2012 05:30 Bojas wrote:
I think you need to take on responsibilitys, if you're used to being responsible for certain things you'll do them with enough effort as is neccesary. And if it's easy cause your IQ is too high I'd watch as much of Jersey Shore as possible to lower your IQ (joke) Set goals if there's no way to make yourself responsible for certain things.
By the way this thread made me feel self concious about my own 117.
You write multiple languages well. That should count for bonus points. |
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| indo United States. June 03 2012 13:59. Posts 98 | Profile Blog # |
Thanks for all the replies so far. I agree with most of them. I couldn't watch jersey shore it made me angry because they were so fucking dumb.
To answer your question up top, I am currently lined up for a pretty successful career, I just haven't fallen in love with it completely yet.
I'm hoping that as advancement comes, appreciation and motivation will come along as well. Time will tell. If anyone is curious, I'm pursuing a career in aviation(military). It's pretty tough and challenging, and sometimes fun. I think I just need to step up my game. |
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