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Achieving Career Success: The Science of Reinventing Yourself
Are you feeling stuck in your career or unhappy with your current job? There are many career experts and gurus out there, but it can be challenging to know who to trust. Many of them promise to show you the path to success, but often do NOT understand your uniqueness. The give you a formula that worked for them and say, “If it worked for me, it’ll work for you!” Each of them gives you a Band-Aid, and you go from ‘guru’ to ‘guru’.
Learning and Leveraging Intelligence & Smartness for SUCCESS
In our lifelong pursuit of knowledge, we constantly read, listen, learn, and accumulate information. However, not everyone puts this knowledge to good use. Some may have learned little but leverage what they have, while others amass a wealth of knowledge without applying it. The key to success is finding the right balance between intelligence, knowledge, and smartness.
Is Your Career Stuck on Neutral? Here’s How to Put it in High Gear
During our early years, through college, our individual focus is on learning and building our knowledge. When we go into the workforce, we become cogs in the big wheel of an organization, however small or large. Even if you are a freelancer, you have to work with partners to satisfy the needs, or solve the problems, of customers. When you are a cog, you have to work with others in order to accomplish things – you are doing something that somebody else uses to complete the larger task – for the team, organization, customer or end-user. What you need for this is smartness, not just intelligence.
EVERYBODY Can Become More Successful
EVERYBODY Can Become More Successful. We humans confuse the words intelligence and smartness. They are NOT THE SAME. Intelligence is what we’re born with, and is used to learn, memorize, analyze and make distinctions. Smartness is what we develop – to contextually apply one’s knowledge and intelligence in real-world situations, often working with others.
Improving Employee Performance: Smartness Matters More Than Intelligence
As a leader, you’ve tried many things to improve employee performance. Here’s an approach, based on observation, data & analysis, that can improve employee performance.
Beyond Intelligence: The Crucial Role of Smartness in Achieving Greater Success
Intelligence is often viewed as the ultimate indicator of potential success. However, raw intelligence alone is not enough to ensure success in life. Smartness, the ability to apply intelligence effectively in various contexts, is just as important. In fact, smartness is essential for achieving success in all aspects of life.