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Giftedness, Achievement, and Guilt
How are giftedness, achievement, and guilt related? I’m glad you asked. Here’s how: People find all sorts of ways to define giftedness: High IQ, exceptional talent, 10,000 hours of practice, task commitment, academic achievement, high test scores, straight A’s in school, Nobel prizes, eminence, etc. Typically, high achievement is the main requirement. If you don’t…
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The Top Thirty Reasons Gifted Humans Feel Guilty
Top 30 Reasons You May Feel Guilty: You aren’t living up to your potential. You get impatient with people slower than you. You’ve painted your living room 12 times in 5 years. You haven’t won the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, or any prize except the spelling bee in third grade. You got good grades in school for…
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If I’m So Smart, Why Do I Feel So Much Guilt?
It started early. The other kindergartners were struggling to learn their ABCs. You were reading chapter books. The other second graders didn’t care about the photos from the Hubble Telescope. You obsessed over them. The other teens enjoyed stories about vampires. You adored Jane Austen. At first, you may have felt confused, weird and lonely. As you got…
YOUR RAINFOREST MIND
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