![]() That said, Florida State University psychologist Anders Ericsson has found that " deliberate practice," which involves constantly pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone, is the only way to master a particular skill - regardless of your intelligence level. They concluded that while striving to be smarter is commendable, there are certain innate abilities that can't always be learned. A high level of intellectual ability gives you an enormous real-world advantage." Hambrick and Meinz wrote that, "The remarkable finding of their study is that, compared with the participants who were 'only' in the 99.1 percentile for intellectual ability at age 12, those who were in the 99.9 percentile - the profoundly gifted - were between three and five times more likely to go on to earn a doctorate, secure a patent, publish an article in a scientific journal or publish a literary work. The study tracked 2,000 people who scored in the top 1% of the SAT by the age of 13. In an opinion piece for The New York Times, psychologists David Hambrick and Elizabeth Meinz cited a Vanderbilt University study of highly intelligent young people. But it is fair to say that smart people simply don't always have to try as hard as "strivers" who fight to build up their skills - at least in certain fields. ![]() This isn't to say that laziness is a sign of being smart. ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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