For
unknown reason I always look for people who are intelligent and try to analyze
their activities, behavior, patterns etc. Basically I feel by doing this I could
adopt or learn something from them and improve myself. Unfortunately I have not
achieved much success. But I continue to do so and also found that it is very
difficult to gain momentum if you had lost the speed in initial days. But never
left the hope, I am still trying to get there and improve.
When I was growing up in school days there were lots of myths
which people thought to be true. Some of the myths which I would like to
mention are,
1. Eating
non-vegetarian food make students dumb.
This a myth
because most of the inventions and discoveries are done by the western
societies. Many vegetarians from India who have immigrated to the western
countries have directly or indirectly consumed Non – vegetarian food.
Bottom line - No
matter what you eat the brain functions as it should. Provide energy and
extract the knowledge.
2. People
who have more money do NOT have intelligence and vice versa.
There is a some
kind of proverb(saying) in many Indian languages which basically says that
intelligence do Not stay with people with money. On the contrary if you look
into the present progressing India. Lots of intelligent people in India have
made enough money. People who have immigrated to US as doctors have got all the
luxuries and also very intelligent people.
3. Only
Upper cast people can be intelligent. No other people can match them.
Some people in India
believe that only upper caste can be intelligent others cannot get there. This is
total misconception among certain people and their is a certain system built which
facilitates the upper cast people to excel well. Same is also true when
you see Jews excelling very well in US. All it takes it the proper guidance and
exposure to the children to excel well. And more important thing is the
confidence in oneself to achieve the impossible. The same is also true when
certain section of people India in who do the business and people think that only they
can become businessmen. But in reality it is the network and exposure which
make the person to excel well in that particular field.
4. Interacting
with Boys/Girls, watching movies, Playing games makes a person dull.
Many parents in
India want to keep their kids away from the Boys/Girls, Movies, Games because they
think it would distract their kid and would affect his/her scores. This is so
absurd when compared to western societies. Some of sharp kids have
girlfriends/boyfriends. They will watch movies, play games and also do well in
exams. And reality is the balancing the study and enjoyment of once personal
time.
As of now I could only come up with four myths. Of course
there are many more.
Fundamental aspect of one’s intelligence comes from the
following parameters
1. Discipline
– one has to be disciplined to gain any kind of knowledge which would turn into
intelligence
2. Persistence
– Failure is part of life. People fail and succeed. Bottom line is not to give
up. Keep it going until you achieve success and more success
3. Network
– one must have a proper network of people who motivate and provide ideas to
improve. Avoid people who keep
discouraging and de-motivate you.
4. Guidance
– Making key decision in one’s life is important. One wrong path in life might
change career of a individual. It is important to look for proper guidance and
follow them religiously.
5. Options
– one’s career might be with lots of ups and downs. It is important have
options open at any given time. Too much options sometime hinder the success
rate.
6. Of
course there can be many more to this list.
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