The Top Traits Of Genuinely Intelligent People

Demonstrated Curiosity

Curiosity fuels imagination, creativity, and innovation. Intelligent individuals understand there are plenty of things they don’t understand about the world around them. They are not afraid to admit when they are not familiar with a particular concept, but they use their unfamiliarity as fuel to learn as much as they can about it. People who are intelligent show demonstrated curiosity about a variety of things. They become fascinated about things others might take for granted, and they know intelligence is high-maintenance and requires a lot of work. They’re happy to spend time earning their intelligence by exploring just about everything under the sun, and their thirst for knowledge never becomes fully satisfied.

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Openminded

Rather than being happy taking things at face value, intelligent people understand a variety of viewpoints is a necessity to truly understand a concept. Intelligent individuals see the value in gaining multiple perspectives about life and experiences. They are comfortable seeking the opinions of many others to be able to weigh a matter with greater balance. However, they’re also careful about which ideas and perspectives they adopt.

In school, children who are intelligent may not be content they have genuinely learned enough about a subject even after the course is over. If they’re passionate about a particular topic, instead of being satisfied they have learned everything they need to know in school, they may continue to educate themselves about it for years to come. For an openminded individual, the process of learning is never satiated because there are always plenty of opinions from people across the world they haven’t had the opportunity to hear about yet.

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