Smart and Intelligent
We’ve heard it before. So and so is book and street smart. This person can display an intellectual level of knowledge as well as a practical, realistic form of knowledge that is more applicable to everyday.
Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money and his newly published work Same As Ever writes about being smart and being intelligent. He writes the following, “Intelligence is good memory, logic, math skills, test-taking ability and rule-following. Smart is a high degree of empathy, bullshit detection, organization, communication skills, persuasion, social awareness, understanding the consequences of your actions.”
It sounds like it pays to be smart, rather than intelligent. Sounds like its best to be street smart than book smart. Being smart implies a level of experience that you have gone through. Morgan Housel continues, “The most important decision most people will ever make is whether, when, and whom to marry. But that’s never taught in schools - how could it be? You can’t distill it down to a formula, or a one-size fits-all answer. It’s a decision that requires lost of smarts and very little intelligence.”
Look, if you’re looking to cure cancer, go be intelligent. Right now however, the problems you face and the obstacles you have are best won with smarts. It doesn’t matter if you have more degrees than a thermometer. Be smart. It’s best for everyone.
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