Wren, as usual, you are showing a focus on worldly success and leadership-- which is fine, but still doesn't turn worldly success or leadership into intelligence or intellectual achievement. What can we take away from the article that applies to a discussion of giftedness? That motivation is important to achievement in general, but certainly not that it "trumps" intelligence in terms of intellectual potential.

You might enjoy reading about Joseph Renzulli's three ring model of giftedness.

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