Challenge requirement - 07/18/08 02:26 PM
I think I saw somewhere posted,and my apologies for not having the reference, about a challenge necessary for many gifted people to shine. I was just thinking about Barack Obama, reading a summary of his bio. He had such an unusual life and then his motivation kicked in during his college years and now he is probably going to be president.
And then I thought about Bill Clinton. He definitely had a weird childhood and his brilliance was challenged. Now Bill Gates and Paul Allen were just challenged by their interest in computers. But because they didn't have personal challenges, their motivation enabled them to start consulting to IBM in their high school years.
Reading something about DYS and that most of them were science geared, one was literature geared and she talked about the success path was less laid out for her, I am wondering if successful outcomes depends on 1) your type of intelligence, what motivates you; and then 2) if your path is challenge dependent.
Saw something where Hiliary is suppose to have an IQ fo 125. She had a very supportive path and was able to optimize her IQ. So you take a someone with an IQ of 150 and give them a supportive path and they can be Paul Allen or Bill Gates, though I heard Paul Allen's was estimated to be about 160.
This is a mish mash, but I needed to get out of the sun a bit and bored, so I thought I would start a thread on the challenge aspect.
Ren
And then I thought about Bill Clinton. He definitely had a weird childhood and his brilliance was challenged. Now Bill Gates and Paul Allen were just challenged by their interest in computers. But because they didn't have personal challenges, their motivation enabled them to start consulting to IBM in their high school years.
Reading something about DYS and that most of them were science geared, one was literature geared and she talked about the success path was less laid out for her, I am wondering if successful outcomes depends on 1) your type of intelligence, what motivates you; and then 2) if your path is challenge dependent.
Saw something where Hiliary is suppose to have an IQ fo 125. She had a very supportive path and was able to optimize her IQ. So you take a someone with an IQ of 150 and give them a supportive path and they can be Paul Allen or Bill Gates, though I heard Paul Allen's was estimated to be about 160.
This is a mish mash, but I needed to get out of the sun a bit and bored, so I thought I would start a thread on the challenge aspect.
Ren