Robert Sternberg: How’s Your SQ?
Inspired by: Robert Sternberg
From: Successful Intelligence
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“Success is achieved by development of our strengths, not by elimination of our weakness.”
~ Marilyn vos Savant
Robert Sternberg, a leading researcher mapping out the science of wisdom at Yale, wrote a great book called “Successful Intelligence.”
His big idea?
IQ is interesting (somewhat) but a poor predictor of success.
What is?
Your “successful intelligence.”
Quite simply, successfully intelligent people know what they’re good at and they do that a lot. And, they know their weaknesses and make sure their weaknesses don’t kick their butt.
He makes a very important distinction, however. Successfully intelligent people DO NOT spend a lot of time trying to get good at something they stink at. They bring just enough awareness to their weaknesses so they don’t get their butts kicked and they spend all the rest of their time on what they rock at.
Oh, shiznit! We talked about this before. :)
“There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes ‘Raise the sail with your stronger hand,' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.”
~ Soichiro Honda
Inspired by: Robert Sternberg
From: Successful Intelligence
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