Archive for January, 2007

Gifted students – Charles Murray, PhD: Aim not just at academic accomplishment, but at wisdom

Not a fan of learning in a classroom
School may not be the best venue for developing exceptional abilities. In my article Getting out of school alive, I quote Caltech physicist Caolionn O’Connell, PhD: “I have never been a fan of learning in a classroom. Inside a laboratory or a garage, I always wanted to know [...]

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Gifted adults characteristics: Being a perfectionist, being anxious

“Anxiety keeps me humble.”
AIDS researcher Anthony Fauci, MD notes that pursuing excellence in your life and work is not without emotional challenges:
“One of the by-products of being a perfectionist and constantly trying to improve myself are sobering feelings of low-grade anxiety and a nagging sense of inadequacy… This anxiety keeps me humble.”

Perfectionism is a catalyst
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Anxiety/Stress
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