http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/robert-sternberg-how-rsquo-s-your-sq en-us 60 <p align="center">&ldquo;<em>Success is achieved by development of our strengths, not by elimination of our weakness.&rdquo;</em></p><p align="center">~ Marilyn vos Savant</p><p>Robert Sternberg, a leading researcher mapping out the science of wisdom at Yale, wrote a great book called &ldquo;Successful Intelligence.&rdquo;</p><p>His big idea?</p><p>IQ is interesting (somewhat) but a poor predictor of success.</p><p>What is?</p><p>Your &ldquo;successful intelligence.&rdquo;</p><p>Quite simply, successfully intelligent people know what they&rsquo;re good at and they do that a lot. And, they know their weaknesses and make sure their weaknesses don&rsquo;t kick their butt.</p><p>He makes a <em>very </em>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&rsquo;t get their butts kicked and they spend <em>all</em> the rest of their time on what they rock at.</p><p>Oh, shiznit! <u><a href="http://brian.zaadz.com/blog/2007/10/big_idea_the_genius_spiral">We talked about this before</a></u>. :)</p><p align="center">&ldquo;<em>There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes &lsquo;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.&rdquo;</em></p><p align="center">~ Soichiro Honda</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:23 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:494:494 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/494