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Managing Expectations and Pressure to Be a Super Achiever When You Are Gifted
“…So often, expectations of worldly success are hung like a dead albatross around the neck of the cognitively gifted, when what we really need is permission to become ourselves in unencumbered weirdness. My favourite humans — the ones I’ve learned most from — are gloriously, heroically, and unapologetically weird…” dw Permission granted. I am not…
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When You Are Highly Gifted, Is The World Ready For You?
It may be true. The world may not be ready for the most gifted among us. The world, more specifically, the people of the world, may look at you with wonder or amazement, confusion, fear, or derision. None of those looks are particularly desirable. They are not looks of understanding, appreciation, enthusiasm, or love. Not…
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Are You Hiding Your Intelligence and Your Multiple Abilities from Others and Maybe Even from Yourself?
You would think people would appreciate you for your capacity to do so many things so well. You would think humans would realize we desperately need our super smart, innovative, highly sensitive thinker-creators to protect, repair, and transform life on planet earth. You would think your kind-hearted creativity and your driven curiosity would be respected,…
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Welcome to my Revised, Rejuvenated, Retrofitted Website/Blog
It has been a journey. These revisions. This upgrade. What was I thinking? After all, at my age, I should be retiring. Not upleveling my website/blog. And there were so many bugs to work out with this complex a change. There still are. I am not even sure those of you who have subscribed will…
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How To Face Your Fear Of Failure
I could not have said it better myself. In the words of a courageous bloggEE: “…Fear of failure – yes, I’ve had that too, and still have. I was a perfectionist all the way to my fingertips and toes (and still am). I almost drowned in the impostor syndrome, falling into the bottomless pit of…
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A Gifted Multipotentialite in Germany
” At 19, I was so, so utterly lost. I had no idea what to study in college, who to be, what to do. Everyone else felt like by choosing a major, their life was taking shape and finally starting for real. I felt like by choosing, I had to accomplish the impossible.” Luisa is…
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Tango Lessons — The Benefits of Being Klutzy
It was 1999. I needed something new. A creative outlet. A way to meet new people and improve my social skills. I had always been attracted to dancing but had never taken classes, unless you include my brief stint with ballet at age 11 with the strict, intimidating Russian woman who terrified me. I decided…
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You Agree, You Are Gifted — Now What?
I rant a lot about how you need to recognize you have a rainforest mind so you can find greater self-acceptance, self-confidence, and move ahead into your fulfilling, meaningful, creative life. Right? But what if you already know you are gifted? What then? A blog reader put it this way: “…NOW WHAT? What do I…
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