Five Subtle Signs That You’re an Insanely Smart Person
Smartness has nothing to do with your looks, money, or fame.
Well, that’s an ambitious title, isn’t it? I mean, we know who is smart and who is not. We see them all the time. Smart people are everywhere. They are in the movies, on social media, on YouTube, and in magazines. They also seem omnipresent in all fancy events that have red carpets.
They look tall, beautiful, shiny, and of course, sexy. They have money, image, fame, fan, and followers. Some of them are so smart that they have already become the influencer. Their tiny pieces of advice are the breakfasts for millions of people.
They wear clothes from Armani, Gucci, and their props are expensive and custom-made. You will never find them in any random shopping mall. With what they spend in one day, you can easily survive one year. So, most of you want to become like them, the smart ones with all the glory you see in your black mirrors.
But some of you are different. In this post, I will talk about those different people — the smarter ones — the nonconformists — the wise ones — who outshine any celebrities and influencers in the world. But they don’t know it and they don’t care.
Maybe, one of them is you, dear reader. Who knows! So, read the following signs carefully, and find out the characteristics of insanely smart people.
Your Brain is Made of Ice Cubes
In any pressure situation, you calm your mind down. You think before you respond. And when no one sees any doors of opportunity, you create one. You handle pressure without being reactive. You sit quietly and think about the problem from all possible angles. Thus you judge the situation holistically and find a way out.
You ask yourself what could be done to handle the situation or minimize the loss? And you work hard on it and, finally, succeed. In case you fail, you stock that experience for the future. Every failure is a glorious scar on your face that tells the story of persistence.
Your colleagues don’t understand you, your near ones tag you as an introvert, your friends call you ‘stone-heart,’ but deep inside, you are an insanely smart person who never reacts to a situation without understanding it properly.
When anything in life or surroundings goes wrong, you never immediately tweet about it or make a YouTube video for your followers. Instead, you think and search for wisdom.
Your refusal to follow the common-man attitude makes you smarter than everyone else.
YouTube Fails to Suck Your Attention
You find wisdom in books, not in random videos. Many offer you book summaries, telling you that you don’t need to read the 500-page book because all written there is condensed in this 5-minute video. A lucrative offer indeed. But you refuse it with great self-awareness and self-control. You close the tab and pick a book to open a new window of knowledge.
You are smarter than most YouTube users who intend to watch a 5-minute video but come out after an hour watching more than twenty. You are not like those trapped people. You choose what you want to consume, overcoming the temptation of ‘recommended videos.’
You are an insanely smart person because algorithms cannot beat you. It tries hard but fails every time — because you’ve chosen to take control of your life. You know that your attention is their money-making tool. And you don’t compromise with it.
Many of your friends and colleagues say you are an outdated person who doesn’t know any trending news. You don’t argue because you are well aware of the opportunity cost. You are conscious of your choices. And most importantly, you don’t allow the online world to tell you what you need and what you don’t.
Social Media Influencers Make You Laugh
You don’t care about social media. Of course, you feel bad for the people who only exist on social media platforms. They shape their lives in a way that seems so interesting and fulfilling. They pretend to be busy all the time doing so many cool things. They say that they are living their dream life.
But you know the truth. You know that what we see in our black mirrors is not actually true. You are aware that a good life doesn’t need to project itself continuously in front of other people for approval. An exciting and eventful life needs no documentation. Because when you document it, you lose the excitement of living it.
That’s why you mostly ignore what people say or post on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or other social media platforms. Yes, people around you become astonished by your choices. And that’s why they are just random people who cannot go to sleep without seeing girls-in-bikini photos on Instagram.
As an insanely smart person, you don’t buy other’s life. You don’t become influenced by so-called social media celebrities. They look like some nonsense cartoons to you.
You’re Sober When the World is Drunk
You talk about the issues that are not trendy but highly important. In other words, your words hardly sell in the market. People become indifferent to the information you disseminate.
Random people are always in a party mood — they want more and more excitement, sex, money, and freedom. And to get those things, they can go to any extent, ignoring everything else.
Some of them ablaze forests, destroy mountains and clear out bushes. Then establish factories that produce more and more products no one really needs. They convince the world saying people need lightening fast cars, all-in-one gadgets, expensive attire, gorgeous mansions, and most of all, they need another planet to transport themselves. They sell dreams and hopes, hiding the destruction and blood behind.
But you understand all of it because you are a thinker — when most people get reluctant to use the gray matter in their brains. And you talk about it. You speak for the environment, nature, wildlife, birds, and oceans. You invite people to experience and care for the planet we already have.
You sell a message that almost nobody wants to buy. But you do it anyway because you care for the planet. And you know very well that man cannot survive only by eating money, they need the natural world for their existence.
You Know that You Know Nothing
You are insanely smart, and you didn’t know it until reading this article. But you always knew and still know that you know almost nothing. So, you try — try hard to keep a good connection with the knowledge world.
You read, travel, and explore unknown fields and enhance your understanding of life and the world. Your curiosity skyrockets when you come across something new, something you don’t know. You consciously break your comfort zone.
Your reading has no boundaries. From the age-old manuscripts to the most-modern texts, you devour everything. Every single day is a fresh opportunity for you to learn something exciting.
When other people remain busy, watching trendy movies or the cleavage of their favorite celebrities on a music video, you take a retreat into the wilderness with a book in your hands.
You are a minority, of course. But it makes you insanely smart because you follow the path of knowledge and constant growth.
Final Thoughts
I hope you understand that smartness has nothing to do with your fancy outfit, your stylish belongings, or your money and fame. Yes, the media portrays all of those as smartness symbols. But don’t get fooled by the teachings of the media.
Smartness lies within, and it comes out with the actions you take and the interactions you make. If you find the above signs in you, be proud of yourself. If those signs are absent in you, then practice and acquire those.
Because when the entire world is on the wrong path of materialism, you will be doing the right things with your life.
Be smart, my friend. It’s easy if you try.
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