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Unnecessary back story about me:
I am a fairly intelligent individual that was praised during my childhood by my parents about "how smart I was" and this had some significant effects on how I approach challenges and how much effort I put forth when it comes to new problems/goals etc. I have a hard time motivating myself for things that are actually hard for me and enjoy things that come easy. I'm planning on doing some real self improvement and adjusting my outlook on new problems and goals that take a little more than just a higher than average IQ. I'll throw this out there even though it's pretty outdated, I took an official IQ test in 4th grade and scored a 134.
Thought this was an interesting blog and this is what I wanted to share in this post ( Source)
It seems that children who receive more praise for "how they did things" or "how hard they worked" develop into more motivated individuals (Source). Maybe I did work fairly hard but I always felt like things I did were always accomplished easily so I never developed the correct mentality.
Anyone else feel like they may be in the same boat or already overcame this particular obstacle? Any tips on taking a step back finding a strong motivational tool?
 
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I had the same IQ as you in fourth grade (although I haven't yet made a blog about it), and I grew up doing puzzles, brain teasers, and anything else that would keep my mind stimulated. I read a lot too. These kinds of things kept me entertained and made me think a lot.
Secondary education wasn't hard, but once you hit college, you'll eventually hit a course that gets tough. Then you make yourself get motivated. I'm also very competitive in sports, so I always had the drive to be better than others. Make friends that are also as good as you at certain things- to the point that you need to constantly be on top of your game.
How old are you? Where are you in your education?
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if your tired of everything being ez and want a challenge que up!
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Same boat dude. 149 currently at uni studying pharmacy, struggling to get motivated to work for anything these days and i get really annoyed at myself when I get so lazy.
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151 when I was a kid. But they scale it up based on age. I'm guessing I'm closer to 51 these days.
On the one hand, I don't think that one can overcome one's nature easily. Mostly people working at menial jobs probably think they were meant for something better, more challenging, astrophysics etc., but someone has to manage the spreadsheets and edit the newsletters and keep the machines running. (Reminds me of when I heard about progamers that think they're just going to smoothly transition into medicine, law or theoretical physics).
On the other hand, I had a room mate in university who flunked out of physics in his second year, but then somehow became infatuated with the human hand, and 9 years later is a vascular surgeon that specializes in the hand. Maybe there's something out there that will motivate you to rise to the top of some profession.
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its simple economics really; people respond to incentives. when somebody praises you for your good work, you feel good about it and you try to replicate that result. I think there was a study done about this subject that a major factor that separated people who did well in school and people who did not was the ability to derive pleasure from future success and put more weight into it than to short term success. Of course if you do what you love, maybe it in of itself will be a huge incentive.
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I think you need to take on responsibilitys, if you're used to being responsible for certain things you'll do them with enough effort as is neccesary. And if it's easy cause your IQ is too high I'd watch as much of Jersey Shore as possible to lower your IQ (joke) Set goals if there's no way to make yourself responsible for certain things.
By the way this thread made me feel self concious about my own 117.
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On June 01 2012 05:30 Bojas wrote:
I think you need to take on responsibilitys, if you're used to being responsible for certain things you'll do them with enough effort as is neccesary. And if it's easy cause your IQ is too high I'd watch as much of Jersey Shore as possible to lower your IQ (joke) Set goals if there's no way to make yourself responsible for certain things.
By the way this thread made me feel self concious about my own 117.
You write multiple languages well. That should count for bonus points.
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Thanks for all the replies so far. I agree with most of them. I couldn't watch jersey shore it made me angry because they were so fucking dumb.
To answer your question up top, I am currently lined up for a pretty successful career, I just haven't fallen in love with it completely yet.
I'm hoping that as advancement comes, appreciation and motivation will come along as well. Time will tell. If anyone is curious, I'm pursuing a career in aviation(military). It's pretty tough and challenging, and sometimes fun. I think I just need to step up my game.
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