Intelligence

Hi fellow insiders. It's been a while from the first blog post so let's dive in. The topic for today is intelligence. A pretty straightforward thing don't you think? In fact I think it's not, at least when you really think about it. So lets do just that.

Let's take a look at how our favorite encyclopedia Wikipedia defines intelligence."Intelligence has been defined in many different ways such as in terms of one's capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning,emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity and problem solving. " Here is also the link to the article for the curious.

The easiest way to define intelligence is to say an intelligent person is someone who is smart. But who is smart? Someone who does good in school or someone who is good at pursuing academic success? No, intelligence is way more. It's about recognizing the flaws and strengths each of us have. Already in the early stages of our education the differences can be seen. Some are more talented for the abstract thinking, some for music, others for mathematics or drawing. The lucky ones quickly find their strengths. Everybody else will eventually find them as well, but it's up to each individual to develop them.

But developing requires learning but to learn we need a teacher. I believe that if we all had the same teacher the differences between everyone would be small. But we don't and that is the reason there are sometimes huge differences between us. Some kids aren't as privileged as others. Those who went to good schools have better opportunities to study and expand their mind with new ideas and knowledge.

An important part of intelligence is to be surrounded with smart people. If your parents know a lot of things, they can tell you a lot of things but if they don't, you have to learn them on your own. Parents can tell us a lot of things, some that help us in school, others helps us in life.

So I think intelligence is not measured by how much knowledge you posses. Because you can always get smart. You can always learn and experience new things. But it's about what you do with things you know. It's about being aware of your thought process. And if we are aware of what we are doing, and if we know the cause, we can rethink our choices and pick the best one. Intelligence is about making the best decision and knowing why you made it. That is why intelligence is often mixed with logic but we live in a world of emotions and laws of logic don't always apply.  Most only care and talk about IQ (intelligence quotient) but equally important is EQ(emotional quotient) which is quotient which measures how well you recognize other people's emotions and differentiate between them and use as information to guide thinking and decision making. 

An intelligent person is someone who has the potential to excel, does not necessarily have the knowledge but is very perceptive and is also aware of other people. By being aware of its thought process an intelligent person can find mistakes and adjust actions to environment.

Feel free to comment and share your thoughts. :)