What Does Intelligence Really Mean?

When most people think of intelligence, they imagine things like doing huge math sums in their heads, or understanding the secrets of relativity or something.

But as I’m sure you know, intelligence is much more than knowing a bunch of facts and figures.

Up until not too long ago, when somebody was considered “smart,” it just meant they were good at math or remembering dates.

All Kinds of Intelligence

But as we’ve learned, there are many, many intelligences. Music, art, creative, social, emotional, and many, many more.

We all know about the stereotypical genius professor who always wears mismatched socks, or the genius-criminal who hides out in the mountains hiding from the cops.

These are just movie caricatures. They aren’t real.

For example, take social intelligence. Being able to look into a room, and quickly understand the body language, facial expressions and other micromovements of everybody is an incredibly useful skill.

For one, you can know who’s in love with whom, who’s chasing whom, and who’s angry at whom.

Poker players are exceptionally good at this. In high stakes poker, part of their skill is in HIDING all their emotions from each other, so they can’t be read. As they say in poker, you don’t play the cards, you play the person.

Another example is emotional intelligence. Understanding people, why they do things, what they really mean when they say certain things, and why they are afraid of saying other things is also crucially important in life.

Make Everything Easier

Work relationships, romantic relationships, and friendships are ALL made much easier and much more fulfilling when you’ve got a handle on the always changing emotional state of both you and whomever you’re involved with.

When you can be the person who really, really “gets” other people, you’ll always be a welcome sight.

Building a powerful brain is much, much more important than most people realize.

It is truly the master key to better relationships, better income and a deeper understanding of the world around you.

The good news is that no matter WHAT kind of brain you’ve got, you can do some simple exercises to quickly build it up into a powerhouse of understanding.

In just a few minutes a day, you can start reading between the lines of life, and find the depth of wonder within.