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Quest for intelligence


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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