Il Morto Che Parla
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I'm a student, a high school student to be exact. I'm generally an A-B student, which isn't horrible, but it is still far from ideal. I have an IQ of 147, and I understand everything I'm being taught… when I listen to it. Actually bringing myself to listen to it is the issue. If I'm very interested in the topic of a class I will get a perfect grade. I've observed that my grades are directly proportionate to my level of interest, and I'm just not particularly interesting in much of what I'm intended to learn. It's not as if I haven't made attempts to motivate myself in areas that don't attract my interest, because I have. I really have. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions as to how I could resolve this issue.
There are lots of able and intelligent people who understand things.
There are few who can implement those things they understand, for 12 hours a day, with 4 hours sleep most nights, no holidays, no weekends, and often, initially at least, with no garuante of success and little recognition, for years.
But the ability to do those things, coupled with a natural intelligence (regardless of some IQ score), is what differentiates a truly successful person.
At least based on the ones I know.
IMO the only way to be able to do that, is to truly have vision you are 100% sure of, to raise "mind above matter" and do the physically/mentally impossible.
A certain role model of mine once told me a great phrase: "I'll give you 5 cents for a great idea, $1 million for a great implementation".