How to learn not only to see off, but also to meet in the mind? It is very difficult to do this, because a smart person is a person who cannot be immediately detected in the crowd. Unless, of course, her extraordinary mind made the genius world famous.
Signs of a smart person
Each smart person is unique, but they all have a few things in common that you will now learn about:
- The ability to solve any problems. A smart person does not see unsolvable problems. He tries to find an original way out of any situation and, as a rule, comes up with it.
- The ability to listen. A smart person is a person who knows that by listening carefully and asking leading questions, you can learn a lot of interesting things about the interlocutor, which is why a smart person cannot be a talker.
- Good memory. Often the mind is called the ability to memorize and the skillful use of knowledge stored on the shelves of memory.
- Broad-minded. A smart person is aware of everything. He is interested in all areas of life, he is able to support any conversation.
- Desire to share knowledge. A smart person never seeks to make someone look like a fool (although it is very easy for him to do this). On the contrary, he tries to pass on his experience or help others.become a little smarter.
- Modesty. The phrases of smart people are not replete with incomprehensible words and scientific terms. They speak in a language everyone understands and seem to be ashamed of their genius.
- Competent organization of leisure. Smart people don't spend hours on social media looking at funny photos, pictures, or videos. They prefer interesting and informative books or documentaries. At the same time, smart people know that they also need rest from intellectual pursuits, so sports, playing music or painting are very attractive to them.
How to get smarter?
What to do to make the brain work better? We give you some tips on how to become (not seem) a little smarter:
- Breathe deeply. An oxygenated brain works better.
- Read more. Give preference to reading a book rather than watching a movie based on it. Firstly, this way you will force the brain to illustrate the work on its own, and secondly, you will dive into it much deeper.
- Get rid of junk words. Besides the fact that they clog speech, they also confuse thoughts. Forget about profanity altogether.
- Train your brain. Memory exercises, arithmetic and all kinds of brainstorming should be your favorite pastime.
- Check out everything that's going on in the world. You will not only be aware of all the events, but also be able to share or exchange opinions with family and friends.
- Don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. Stop sitting all freetime in front of the computer. Go to the city tournament "What? Where? When?" or visit the art gallery, you will love it.
- Learn to use your mind. Research scientists show that people think no more than 10% of the time. We do many actions on the machine, we say stupid things, guided by emotions. Try to control your actions and think before you speak.
- Get the idea that you are really smart. Once you start thinking like this, you will think and act differently.
- Keep your wording clear. The words and thoughts of smart people should not be ambiguous. Speak clearly, speak confidently, and be balanced and self-sufficient.
- Striving for excellence. Never stop there. Strive for the ideal in everything: in cooking, in work, in raising children.
- Leave time to think. Sometimes a person needs to isolate himself from the whole world and reason in silence alone with himself. Don't deny yourself this.
- Read the biographies and quotes of smart people. You will understand that many of them are self-taught, not having several educations, but constantly striving for self-development.
Let's look at the dictionary
In Ozhegov's dictionary, "intelligent" is interpreted as "possessing mind". Everything is quite logical. It is worthwhile then to figure out what the mind is.
According to the same dictionary, mind has several meanings:
- A person's ability to think as the basis of a reasonable (conscious) life.
- High degree of intelligence development.
- In a figurative sense, this can be said about a person as a carrier of intelligence (for example, the best minds of mankind).
Dispel the myths
It's time to talk about what claims about smart people aren't entirely true.
A smart person knows a lot. This is partly true. However, a truly intelligent person is one who knows how to properly manage his knowledge.
Mind=education. In fact, the presence of even ten higher educations is not a sign of intelligence. Education contributes to the enrichment and sharpening of the mind, but cannot replace it.
Mind=intelligence. Equating the mind with the intellect is also not quite right. After all, the mind is not only the ability to correctly and quickly answer test questions, but also quick wit, cunning and life experience. A smart person knows this and tries to develop in every way.
The smartest people in the world
It's time to meet the people who are rightfully considered the greatest minds.
They are united not only by a prohibitively high IQ, but also by a number of other outstanding abilities.
10th - James Woods with an IQ of 180
The popular actor has starred in more than 5 dozen films, including "Once Upon a Time in America", "Superheroes" and "Justice League". By his example, he dispels the myth that the smartest person is necessarily a mathematician, physicist or a representative of other exact sciences.
Study has never caused difficulties for Woods, howeverhis bad temper disturbed him. He could not deny himself the pleasure of arguing with teachers and never compromised.
9th place - Garry Kasparov, IQ 190
Garry grew up in a family where chess was treated with special trepidation. Engineer parents often spent evenings at the chessboard. The boy also joined his favorite family activity, improving his IQ.
Already at the age of 22, Kasparov defeats Anatoly Karpov and becomes the champion.
And in 1997, Harry played a draw with the computer, losing to him only once, which amazed the entire world community.
8th - Mislav Predavech, IQ 192
A professor of mathematics from Croatia is no different from ordinary people, except perhaps for the highest IQ. He loves rock music and the Mafia game. Mislav's wife claims that he often cannot cope with elementary gadgets and asks her to put money on her phone or insert a SIM card.
7th - Rick Rosner, IQ 192
The American TV presenter has always pursued the dream of creating his own TV project. But the path to fame was thorny and the star had to try himself in many professions. He was a waiter, a model, a stripper, took part in the American version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and did not forget to improve his intellectual abilities.
6th - Christopher Langan, IQ 195
The smartest man in America is not known for his intellect. In 1999, he became known as the champion in liftingweights.
The boy was self-taught in both science and muscle building. Due to financial difficulties, he preferred to work as a bouncer. But when he became famous, earned money and established a personal life, he returned to science and created a theory about a cognitive-theoretical model of the Universe.
5th - Evangelos Katsioulis, IQ 205
Greek psychiatrist has achieved success in many areas. He has a degree in philosophy, is engaged in psychopharmacology, loves to travel and explore the world, as well as swim and draw. As you can see, the smartest people in the history of mankind are not alien to such activities.
4th - Kim Ung-Yong, IQ 210
The famous Korean at the age of 4 already knew how to read in 4 languages and solved the most difficult problems.
At the age of 8 he was invited to study at a university in Colorado, after which he worked as a teacher there for 10 years. Homesickness forced him to return to Korea.
He is officially recognized as the smartest person on Earth, despite the fact that there are people whose IQ is even higher.
3rd - Christopher Hirata, IQ 225
Christopher declared himself at school, winning one after one victory in the Olympiads. At the age of 14, the boy entered the University, and at 16 he began his career at NASA, studying the issue of conquering Mars and other planets.
At 22, Christopher received his PhD in astrophysics, but his interests go beyond space.
2nd place Marilyn Vos Savant - 228 points
The only woman in ourrating works as a journalist. She writes a column with puzzles and riddles on various topics in the Parade magazine. Her husband, Robert Jarvik, is the creator of the artificial heart. He has an IQ that is 40 points lower than Marilyn.
1st - Terence Tao, IQ 230
The person with the highest IQ lives in Australia (although he is of Chinese origin). At the age of 2, he could perform simple arithmetic operations, and by the age of 5 he was solving complex mathematical problems.
At the age of 12 he took part in international mathematical Olympiads.
Impressed by the success? Train your brain and, perhaps, in the near future you will find yourself on the list of the smartest people in Russia, which already includes A. Wasserman, Zh. Alferov, G. Perelman and others.
