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"With the exception of the STEM fields, I would argue that soft skills actually are more important than how smart you are." So you're saying "apart from fields where you have to be smart, it doesn't matter if you're smart"?
"With the exception of the STEM fields, I would argue that soft skills actually are more important than how smart you are." So you're saying "apart from fields where you have to be smart, it doesn't matter if you're smart"?
I would guess that building bridges is similar.
The best doctors have people skills too. "Bedside manner"
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Thank you for this post. This actually resonated with me personally, because I felt like you were describing me in high school. I knew I was smart, I could ace tests easily without studying - and I didnt see the point in trying. And like you have said, I did not know anything about soft skills. No one ever talks about things like this. I feel like there is a disparity between the curriculum in schools and the skills…
The only emotion I can ever recall feeling when staring down at an exam is abject fear as every fact I knew drained out of my head.
I was always a relatively bright kid, but never super smart. When I worked hard, I got top grades and when I slacked, I didn't. At some point I stopped working hard and drifted through education, getting a mediocre degree on the way (on the upside, I have great soft skills).
From discussions with other gifted people, I get the impression that most of them worked really, really hard, even if they didn't realise it. But I have heard the odd person who maintains it all came naturally. Is this you?
Thank you for this post. This actually resonated with me personally, because I felt like you were describing me in high school. I knew I was smart, I could ace tests easily without studying - and I didnt see the point in trying. And like you have said, I did not know anything about soft skills. No one ever talks about things like this. I feel like there is a disparity between the curriculum in schools and the skills…
Sorry for the diversion, but what is/was it like to be able to ace a test without really studying for it? The only emotion I can ever recall feeling when staring down at an exam is abject fear as every fact I knew drained out of my head. I was always a relatively bright kid, but never super smart. When I worked hard, I got top grades and when I slacked, I didn't. At some point I stopped working hard and drifted throu…
Fairly anti-climatic. For someone that it comes easy too there is no real emotion or sense of accomplishment.
It would be like trying to explain the color green to someone that was born blind.
Thank you for this post. This actually resonated with me personally, because I felt like you were describing me in high school. I knew I was smart, I could ace tests easily without studying - and I didnt see the point in trying. And like you have said, I did not know anything about soft skills. No one ever talks about things like this. I feel like there is a disparity between the curriculum in schools and the skills…
Sorry for the diversion, but what is/was it like to be able to ace a test without really studying for it? The only emotion I can ever recall feeling when staring down at an exam is abject fear as every fact I knew drained out of my head. I was always a relatively bright kid, but never super smart. When I worked hard, I got top grades and when I slacked, I didn't. At some point I stopped working hard and drifted throu…
Thank you for this post. This actually resonated with me personally, because I felt like you were describing me in high school. I knew I was smart, I could ace tests easily without studying - and I didnt see the point in trying. And like you have said, I did not know anything about soft skills. No one ever talks about things like this. I feel like there is a disparity between the curriculum in schools and the skills…
Sorry for the diversion, but what is/was it like to be able to ace a test without really studying for it? The only emotion I can ever recall feeling when staring down at an exam is abject fear as every fact I knew drained out of my head. I was always a relatively bright kid, but never super smart. When I worked hard, I got top grades and when I slacked, I didn't. At some point I stopped working hard and drifted throu…
But, that said, my idea of skipping school was heading downtown to the GWU library. I started taking AP courses as a sophomore and always had long-term papers to write. I spent much of my senior year in a local wetland taking water samples.
There was definitely a balance. I tended to work hard at things that I enjoyed and completely blow off stuff that I deemed tedious or irrelevant. And overall, the balance usually fell in my favor.
There were students at school who were both smarter and harder working than I. And some of them were accepted at elite universities, where I landed at a top-notch public. But, we tended to have vastly different approaches to life. They live to work and found careers that they love. I work to live and found a career that I don't hate (but mostly, just want to get my paycheck and go mountain biking, kayaking, or something else outdoors).
And like another response indicated, this was all just natural. My peers were all overachievers, most of them naturally so.
Thank you for this post. This actually resonated with me personally, because I felt like you were describing me in high school. I knew I was smart, I could ace tests easily without studying - and I didnt see the point in trying. And like you have said, I did not know anything about soft skills. No one ever talks about things like this. I feel like there is a disparity between the curriculum in schools and the skills…
Sorry for the diversion, but what is/was it like to be able to ace a test without really studying for it? The only emotion I can ever recall feeling when staring down at an exam is abject fear as every fact I knew drained out of my head. I was always a relatively bright kid, but never super smart. When I worked hard, I got top grades and when I slacked, I didn't. At some point I stopped working hard and drifted throu…
In general there was an attitude among my circle of friends to try and show off how little work they can do to still pull off a high score. I would say yes, most of the people I know who are considered "gifted" in general do work harder in the background than they let on. They themselves probably want to believe that they can effortlessly achieve in the classroom (and probably in life).
I think for me, at least, what happened was that I would really get into things and work extremely hard for a short period of time (sometimes without realizing it) and then coast for a while and appear as though I'm super talented and naturally good at many subjects. I don't think I was consciously planning any of this, but it just happened that way.
Looking back now, I do think that the attitude was pretty immature and obnoxious.
Thank you for this post. This actually resonated with me personally, because I felt like you were describing me in high school. I knew I was smart, I could ace tests easily without studying - and I didnt see the point in trying. And like you have said, I did not know anything about soft skills. No one ever talks about things like this. I feel like there is a disparity between the curriculum in schools and the skills…
Sorry for the diversion, but what is/was it like to be able to ace a test without really studying for it? The only emotion I can ever recall feeling when staring down at an exam is abject fear as every fact I knew drained out of my head. I was always a relatively bright kid, but never super smart. When I worked hard, I got top grades and when I slacked, I didn't. At some point I stopped working hard and drifted throu…
Thank you for this post. This actually resonated with me personally, because I felt like you were describing me in high school. I knew I was smart, I could ace tests easily without studying - and I didnt see the point in trying. And like you have said, I did not know anything about soft skills. No one ever talks about things like this. I feel like there is a disparity between the curriculum in schools and the skills…
Sorry for the diversion, but what is/was it like to be able to ace a test without really studying for it? The only emotion I can ever recall feeling when staring down at an exam is abject fear as every fact I knew drained out of my head. I was always a relatively bright kid, but never super smart. When I worked hard, I got top grades and when I slacked, I didn't. At some point I stopped working hard and drifted throu…