How to know if you’re smart? In this video, we reveal 10 signs you are not as smart as you think and provide you with some useful self improvement tips. If it turns out that you are not as smart as you’d like to believe you are, that can be quite a concept that can be difficult to grasp. Especially since our perceived intellect can actually work against us! The good news is, however, that coming to terms with these points and correcting your behavior can make you actually appear smarter than you really are!
How to know if you’re smart or dumb? Actually, your actions and personality traits can easily reveal the answer to that question!
We can all agree, that we’d all like others to think we are smart and intelligent individuals. No one wants to be dumb. But, how do you know if you’re giving off the impression and signs you’re not as smart as you think are? Well… You use big words to show off the fact that you know them. You often talk over others to convince them that you know everything. On the other hand, you don’t brag about your mistakes or not understanding something. You would think that listing facts and sticking to your opinion would be a good thing. But, it actually has the opposite effect. These are some of the telltale signs you are not as smart as you think and it’s time for changing up the way you conduct yourself with some of the self improvement-tips outlined in this video!
So, how smart are you really?
Having said all that, it is true that smartness is imperative for surviving in today’s competitive world. But, our smartness is not only the measure of our IQ! Rather, how creative, innovative, thoughtful and perceptive we can be in different situations as well. However, people get carried away by delusions of the superiority of their IQ. Which sometimes can result in dreadful consequences. In fact, so many people are so obsessed with being considered as smart people that they end up working overboard just to prove that they are!
Think for a moment. Have you fallen into the “I’m too smart for this” trap? If so, don’t worry! The big part of correcting a mistake is realizing its existence! To help you stay away from such deluded notions, ask yourselves the questions presented in this video. If you answer to any one of them in an affirmative way, chances are, you don’t belong to the group of smart people that you proudly proclaim yourself to be a part of. Unless of course, you do something about it! So, how to know if you’re smart? Check out these 10 signs you are not as smart as you think to test yourself! So, are you smart? Or not as smart as you think you are?