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by VMG
5234 days ago
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> Smart people see the patterns and similarities in everything that unite, instead of the differences and exceptions that divide. Smart people know that their brain recognizes patterns where there aren't any. They know that they should not fool themselves. > Smart people I've met live in a mindset of possibility, not doubt or skepticism. One fuels creativity, and the other douses. Then they are the opposite of what the article is describing. Smart people I know constantly question their own beliefs. |
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I didn't say I agreed with the article, haha. ;)
Constantly questioning your beliefs can lead to constantly doubting everything. Over time there is risk of only believing in doubts.
Developing a healthy curiosity that tests, clarifies and strengthens your current understanding is that.
If there's one thing I would have added to the post above, it would be that Smart people know that developing a correct mindset for the journey of learning is far more important than the destination of feeling that they have "arrived" with their level of understanding.
Too many people, think they're done once they arrive at their conclusions, or hang onto them so dearly and fanatically based on all the work they've done. Smart people, for me, are ready to piss everything they've believed into the wind every day because of possibility.