No everyone was born intelligent!
Anyway, we can become intelligent by educating ourselves in the things that interest us or that we are passionate about.
I struggled a lot in school because of memory problems and every year, I did my best to just pass and move on to the next grade.
I remember having to read a lesson page 7-10 times to understand it, and even then, I wouldn’t retain much information the next day.
However, I excelled at ideas and other things.
When my father bought me my first computer, I realized that I could easily remember things I was passionate about and excel in other areas.
It took me a while to understand that my problem wasn’t my memory, but rather a lack of interest in the subjects I was forced to learn in school I wasn’t passionate about, and that made it difficult for me to retain information.
I read a book, possibly “Think and Grow Rich”, that had a story about Henry Ford being questioned in court.
The lawyer asked him general knowledge questions, and after a while Ford became frustrated.
He said something like, “Why do I need to know things that aren’t relevant to my work?” I’ve been successful without knowing the answers to these questions.
Now if I need something, I have a team of over 100 people I can rely on for answers.”
Ford’s point is that everyone has different strengths, and he focused on his own.
He didn’t waste time memorizing things that weren’t valuable to him.
After about 30 years I remember a conversation from second grade with a classmate.
We were discussing how we can do it to use a remote control to transmit power to an RC boat wireless so we don’t have to use batteries, something I was very interested in.
We were brainstorming solutions, but couldn’t find the answer at the time.
Today, we have wireless phone charging and are moving towards wireless charging for cars.
It’s interesting to note that I had no idea that Nikola Tesla had a similar vision of wireless transmitting electricity. I discovered about Nikola Tesla work when I was already 20 years old.
The point is, don’t feel inferior because you might not have the same abilities as others, you can always learn.
You may also have other strengths and talents that others may not possess!
Don’t give up, you can do it!
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