All counterattacks in life are not because you are gifted, but because your efforts will not be in vain.

Recently, a piece of news that “Iranian girl’s IQ exceeds that of Einstein” has become a hot topic on the Internet. According to reports:

There is an 11-year-old good-looking girl named Tara in Iran who is a high school student. Not long ago, she participated in an intelligence test organized by the high-IQ club "Mensa" and actually won A high score of 162 points.

It may not sound very special, but if I were to tell you that this person’s score is higher than Einstein’s, would you immediately worship her?

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The difference in IQ between people is only about 3%

When I saw this news, I immediately thought of my two-year-old child. Son, as an ordinary parent, of course hopes to have a gifted child prodigy in the family. But how many children have this innate advantage?

According to research, the difference in IQ between people is only about 3%. People with high IQs like Tara are definitely outliers. They are very few. The innate IQs of most people are almost the same.

But why are humans with average IQs? Some people can become scientists, digitizers, and artists with great achievements, but most people can only live a life of running around for a living?

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The human brain is the same as the limbs. It becomes more efficient when used more and becomes useless when not used.

I have a neighbor’s child who was very smart and had a great memory when he was a child. When he was two or three years old, as long as his parents read the poem to him twice, he could basically recite it almost exactly. His mother was very proud and thought her child was a child prodigy, so she asked him to recite poems when everyone met.

From the behavior of the parents, the child feels that being smart will be praised, and he tastes the vanity that being smart brings to him. When he was in elementary school, as long as he had a good memory, his grades were basically good. Yes, especially Chinese, you can get good grades by listening to it in class.

But after entering junior high school, the courses become more and more difficult, especially subjects such as numbers, physics, and chemistry, which require logical thinking skills and constant practice of answering questions.

However, because this child thinks that he is very smart and does not need to work too hard, the foundation in elementary school and the first and second grades of junior high school was not solid. Now in the third grade of junior high school, he can no longer follow the class. In the end, I couldn't even get into a key middle school with my high school entrance examination results.

It can be seen that although this child is very talented, but because he does not study diligently and does not pay enough attention to learning, and blindly puts intelligence first, his fate will naturally be the same as that of Zhong Zhong in ancient times. It will never be the same.

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Talent is very important, but most people don’t work hard enough to match their talent, and they can’t even be considered “diligence”.

Excluding innate factors, IQ is actually the faster the human brain can build nerves. The more you use your brain and the longer you tolerate it, the smarter you will become.

Everyone should have heard of the story of Zeng Guofan and the thief. Although the young Zeng Guofan was very diligent, his memory was not very good, and he might not even be as good as ordinary people.

One night, a thief sneaked into his study and wanted to steal something. But at this moment, Zeng Guofan came in. The thief could only hide quickly, thinking that he could wait until Zeng Guofan left before sneaking away. Walk.

After entering the house, Zeng Guofan began to read and recite ancient Chinese prose. The thief waited patiently for him to leave. Unexpectedly, hour after hour passed, and it was almost early in the morning. He had been memorizing an article and had not yet recited it.

The thief couldn't bear it anymore. When Zeng Guofan got stuck again, he continued to memorize the entire article very skillfully. This incident later became a joke for Zeng Guofan.

Although Zeng Guofan is not as talented as a thief, so what? In the end, Zeng Guofan became a famous minister, but the thief was still a thief who ate and drank.

Scientists have come to the conclusion through experiments that by repeatedly stimulating the brain, people's brain circuits will change, which means they will become smarter and smarter. Therefore, talent is not a fixed number, it will change with personal efforts.

Because learning ability is also a type of IQ.

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Talent and IQ can be transformed into each other.

We are still accustomed to using the four-quadrant method to explain problems. We regard IQ and diligence as the two axes of the four quadrants. The horizontal axis is diligence and the vertical axis is talent. We divide human development into four quadrants. . See the picture below:

The first type is the academic type. Not only are you naturally talented, have good memory, and have a high IQ, but you are also very diligent and study hard every day. Then you will become an invincible academic master and achieve good results in a certain field in the future.

The second type is the academic type. You are very talented, but you only have to work hard like ordinary people. You can rely on your intelligence and get pretty good grades in the class. This is enviable and jealous, but if you don't take it to heart at all, you will not be able to do it at all. If you don’t study, it’s hard to say what the future will be like.

The third type is weak learning. You are a very hard-working person. You know that the stupid bird will fly first, so you work very, very hard. However, because your talent is really poor and your memory is not good, you memorize and forget, memorize and forget, so you are studying. You have suffered a lot in school, but your grades are only average. You have to work several times more than others to become outstanding. But no matter what, you are worthy of praise and have a future.

The fourth type is the scumbag type. This is the most hateful situation. You know that you are stupid, but you still don't like to study. You break the pot and completely give up on yourself. Then your life and future can only be replaced by misery.

From this point of view, when our talents cannot be changed, the only thing we can change is our attitude. The harder you work, the luckier you will be. Your future will definitely thank you for your hard work now.

Finally, let’s talk about the education of children. Don’t praise the child for being smart, but praise him for his hard work. Only in this way can he cultivate his growth mindset. Let them understand that hard work can change themselves, so that they have the intrinsic motivation to become better.

We cannot determine our IQ, but we can change our destiny through hard work.

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