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I loved this quote of his: "I’ve made so many countless mistakes...being as someone who isn’t particularly bright, I have to make them several times before I learn." That quote coming from someone so accomplished puts things into perspective for me.
I sometimes struggle with the capacity of my own intelligence. I am trying to change my mentality that intelligence is something that can gradually grow through experience/practice instead of it being an innate quality. I do believe geniuses such as Terrence Tao, etc. are exceptions and are born with the innate ability. For the rest of us, I believe we should emphasize hard work and just getting things done.
I also believe that this is a source of my procrastination. Sometimes I struggle to work on some of my side projects because of my limiting belief that the task at hand is so huge/complex that I am just not smart enough to complete something like that.
Does anyone else have similar thoughts or comments along these lines?
Personally, I only measure what I achieve divided by time used divided by stress caused. Intelligence has not much to do with that equation. It's a red herring, IMO. If you bind your self esteem to your perceived intelligence, it is very fragile. If you bind your self esteem to the amount of work you do, it is much less so.
I loved this quote of his: "I’ve made so many countless mistakes...being as someone who isn’t particularly bright, I have to make them several times before I learn." That quote coming from someone so accomplished puts things into perspective for me.
I sometimes struggle with the capacity of my own intelligence. I am trying to change my mentality that intelligence is something that can gradually grow through experience/practice instead of it being an innate quality. I do believe geniuses such as Terrence Tao, etc. are exceptions and are born with the innate ability. For the rest of us, I believe we should emphasize hard work and just getting things done.
I also believe that this is a source of my procrastination. Sometimes I struggle to work on some of my side projects because of my limiting belief that the task at hand is so huge/complex that I am just not smart enough to complete something like that.
Does anyone else have similar thoughts or comments along these lines?