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Can Gifted Kids Become Ungifted Adults?
Heck no. Just to be clear. But. Well. You may feel ungifted now that you are in your 40’s and you haven’t reached the goals you had at seven. At seven, when you were such a star. All that enthusiasm. Curiosity. Creativity. You knew all the answers. You asked all the questions. Everyone said you…
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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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Are You Too Smart To Fail?
You don’t like to fail. In fact, you may be terrified of failure. And you have trouble not seeing any minor mistake as a monumental failure. Right? Am I in your head? Yeah? It’s pretty wild in here. So many monkeys. But what is failure? What are the advantages of failure? Why do I think you…