What are ways to gauge one's own intelligence?

[some_letters]

You seem to have picked out a single post that confirms your fear of failure. The fact that you are so easily swayed by someone's opinion will be more of a hinderance to your progress than anything else.

You're right and I saw this response coming when I typed the one you're responding to. That post was more of getting guidance from someone who seemed more realistic on the issue but that's not to say that I don't value the other posts in the thread. I will try my best in the field for a while and if it doesn't work out, then I'll stop. No need to break my eggs before they hatch.

 

[Dembadon]

... I will try my best in the field for a while and if it doesn't work out, then I'll stop. No need to break my eggs before they hatch.

That's what I'm talkin' about.

 

[and9]

OP watch this video from 23 seconds on



My favorite line: "It really boils down to this concept of productivity. That you can apply the most amount of effort to the best of your ability in the allotted time you have. All successful people realize that time is the most precious commodity out there. It is the one thing you can't buy or buy back."

Cliffs: work hard with the time you have.

 

[SophusLies]

The way I gauge intelligence is how fast I learn something. If I can find a way to connect previous concepts to current one's in an efficient way then I feel that I'm being "smart" about it.

There's always the question of how I compare to others but there's uncertainty in comparisons like this. The reason being is if someone had previous knowledge of the subject then this gives a greater chance of them understanding the material faster. Obviously, people can lie about situations like this and pretend that they've never seen of heard about a topic/concept before so it can be skewed. But I've met some freaks especially when I was an undergrad, kids that would seemingly never read or study and they absorbed everything and anything from minimal effort. Kids that took 9 classes a quarter, got all A's, asked mind boggling questions during class, etc. If you ever meet someone like this then study with them immediately and try to learn everything you can from them.