Are you smart?

     We live in a world where adults, and unfortunately children, can answer very quickly if they are smart. At a young age, children are graded on their input & output of a myriad of subjects. During the pre-adult years, surveys and assessments determine their strengths to choose career paths. Adults are often asked at job interviews for their strengths and weaknesses; aka- what will I need an employee to teach you?

    No one can know everything. Does knowing everything mean you're smart? Does a certain score make you smarter than someone else? Who decides the score? Does the knowledge of certain subjects or career path make you smarter than others?  If you're quick to learn or complete a task, does this make you smarter than someone else?

     Some possible answers? The only time a person on earth will ever know everything, is when they are a mom or dad with adoring toddlers. Score charts, and tests, are developed & supported by businesses and politicians to rank-reduce-reuse. When I was without electricity for eleven days, I thought the man who chose to be an electrician was the smartest person in the world. The Army teaches recruits to 'walk to win, don't run to die'.

     I choose to define smart as knowing your true self & purpose, doing what is right- even when it is not popular and respecting others- no matter their age, race, occupation or score on a test.
    
    
    

    

Book Update

'Legacy of Grandpa's Grapevine' is now on its third edit. I hope this one is the charm. All goes well,  these revisions should be completed quickly and somewhat pain-free :-) I will keep you posted!

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I Choose Windmills

     I read a Chinese proverb recently, 'When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.' It got me thinking...

     People are really easy to figure out. You can separate everyone into two categories: people who accept change and people who do not. 

     People who accept change are open-minded, risk-takers, opportunists, resilient, productive, learners, fruitful, progressive...

     People who deny change are close-minded, resentful, competitive, self-centered, pessimistic, possessive, regressive, stagnate...

     Which category do you choose to be? Aspire to be? People you want to call friend, colleague or partner?

      I choose windmills :-)