By Robert L. Gisel with text from Dr. Barrios
For your perusal I am posting the full text of the article on the genius characteristics.
As anyone can develop the same traits himself by simply knowing and conscientiously working on the 24 qualities these form a very useful frame of reference.
“Most people have the mistaken idea that geniuses are born, not made”, declared clinical psychologist Dr. Alfred Barrious, founder and director of the Self-Programmed Control Center of Los Angeles and author of the book, Towards Greater Freedom and Happiness.
“But if you look at the lives of the worlds greatest geniuses like Edison, Socrates, DaVinci, Shakespeare, Einstein, you will discover they all had 24 personality characteristics in common.
“These are traits that anyone can develop. It makes no difference how old you are, how much education you have, or what you have accomplished to date. Adopting these personality characteristics enables you to operate on a genius level.”
Here are the Characteristics Dr. Barrios lists, which enable geniuses to come up with and develop new and fruitful ideas:
"1. DRIVE. Geniuses have a strong desire to work hard and long. They’re willing to give all they’ve got to a project. Develop your drive by focusing on your future success, and keep going.
"2. COURAGE. It takes courage to do things others consider impossible. Stop worrying about what people will think if you’re different.
"3. DEVOTION TO GOALS. Geniuses know what they want and go after it. Get control of your life and schedule. Have something specific to accomplish each day.
"4. KNOWLEDGE. Geniuses continually accumulate information. Never go to sleep at night without having learned at least one new thing each day. Read. And question people who know.
"5. HONESTY. Geniuses are frank, forthright and honest. Take the responsibility for things that go wrong. Be willing to admit, ‘I goofed’ and learned from my mistakes.
"6. OPTIMISM. Geniuses never doubt they will succeed. Deliberately focus your mind on something good coming up.
"7. ABILITY TO JUDGE. Try to understand the facts of a situation before you judge. Evaluate things on an opened minded, unprejudiced basis and be willing to change your mind.
"8. ENTHUSIASM. Geniuses are so excited about what they are doing, it encourages others to cooperate with them. Really believe that things will work out well. Don’t hold back.
"9. WILLINGNESS TO TAKE CHANCES. Overcome your fear of failure. You won’t be afraid to take chances once you realize you can learn from your mistakes.
"10. DYNAMIC ENERGY. Don’t sit on your butt waiting for something good to happen. Be determined to make it happen.
"11. ENTERPRISE. Geniuses are opportunity seekers. Be willing to take on jobs others won’t touch. Never be afraid to try the unknown.
"12. PERSUASION. Geniuses know how to motivate people to help them get ahead. You’ll find it easy to be persuasive if you believe in what you’re doing.
"13. OUTGOINGNESS. I’ve found geniuses able to make friends easily and be easy on their friends. Be a ‘booster’ not somebody who puts others down. That attitude will win you many valuable friends.
"14. ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE. Geniuses are generally able to get their ideas across to others. Take every opportunity to explain your ideas to others.
"15. PATIENCE. Be patient with others most of the time, but always be impatient with your self. Expect far more of yourself than others.
"16. PERCEPTION. Geniuses have their mental radar working full time. Think more of others’ needs and wants than you do your own.
"17. PERFECTIONISM. Geniuses cannot tolerate mediocrity, particularly in themselves. Never be easily satisfied with your self. Always strive to do better.
"18. SENSE OF HUMOR. Be willing to laugh at your own expense. Don’t take offense when the joke is on you.
"19. VERSATILITY. The more things you learn to accomplish, the more confidence you will develop. Don’t shy away from new endeavors.
"20. ADAPTABILITY. Being flexible enables you to adapt to changing circumstances readily. Resist doing things the same old way. Be willing to consider new options.
"21. CURIOSITY. An inquisitive, curious mind will help you seek out new information. Don’t be afraid to admit you don’t know it all. Always ask questions about things you don’t understand.
"22. INDIVIDUALISM. Do things the way you think they should be done, without fearing somebody’s disapproval.
"23. IDEALISM. Keep your feet on the ground — but have your head in the clouds. Strive to achieve great things, not just for yourself but for the better of mankind.
"24. IMAGINATION. Geniuses know how to think in new combinations, see things from a different perspective, than anyone else. Unclutter your mental environment to develop this type of imagination. Give yourself time each day to daydream, to fantasize, to drift into a dreamy inner life the way you did as a child."
Those are the points of a genius. I'm sure you can ways to improve these qualities in your self to enhance your survival. Leave me your comments how you would use this data.
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
What Is A Genius Anyway?
by Robert L Gisel
The article "24 Qualities That Geniuses Have In Common" I had seen before so I did a search to find it again. This is a very popular article republished a lot so I am not going to re-post it yet again just yet. Since I can really relate to it and these qualities though I highly recommend the article you can see in full here.
What fascinated me the most is responses to it particularly from a number of individuals of the Mensa group. One lady said these couldn't be the common traits as she was a Mensa and only had about 16 of the traits. Another gal said she was a Mensa but didn't really think of herself as a genius just as one with exceptional memory. One guy said he was a Mensa and he just gave a heavy sigh. Others have said that there are geniuses who decidedly do not manifest these traits.
The name Bobby Fisher came up as one not exhibiting the 24 qualities, such as outgoing, saying he was rather reclusive. This was not an issue in his earlier life going to competitions and exhibitions but certainly when his competition chess was held up as the symbolic win or lose of the Cold War with Russia he became quirky to say the least. You probably would too if your every move was intensively scrutinized and monitored by banks of the press as well as the diplomatic front men for several nations.
That is not about genius though. That is about suppression. The goal of Suppressive Persons is that others will have less reach out.
Mensa is a group that requires an IQ in the top 2% and then one is said to be a genius. This would a score of 130 or 132 depending on which test you take at least per the children's page. Personally I have no particular impulse to become a Mensa, never knew what was required. Now I see I have tested regularly well above the minimum for the past 3 decades so I can talk from the position of experience.
Perhaps we are talking about 2 different things here, Geniuses and Geniuses Manifest. Having a genius IQ is one thing. Using it to push inspiration into real life manifestations is quite another thing.
IQ is the ability to distinguish between things and interrelate things, to see likenesses or dissimilarities. It means that one could invent the light bulb but it is no guarantee that one will, left alone, carry through and get it made. The Rain Man from the movie of that title would no doubt test out very high on an IQ test but we won't see a string of inventions coming out of him into households.
Edison, inventor of the incandescent light bulb, said it the best, "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration." You would be hard pressed to find a place in the world today where you wouldn't find a light bulb. Edison could easily be put into "24 Qualities That Geniuses Have In Common" and stand up to the test.
Benjamin Franklin would also make the grade. His industry and inspiration provided a number of well known inventions as well as resulting in his becoming one of the most internationally renown Americans and as a Founding Father of the new nation. That he later sometimes demonstrated lessor attributes such as vanity and lust on occasion only shows that he was humanoid and does not demean his greatness as a genius.
Scholastic achievement itself does not make a genius. Henry Ford had only a third grade formal education, but look what he produced in the Ford Motor Company. This became an issue when he felt he had been slandered by someone calling him stupid and Ford sued him for this. The Judge in trying to understand this pointed out that automotive engineering was a highly technical subject, so how could he handle this without an education. Ford pointed out that he had a row of 10 buttons on his desk, each one for a person of expertise. Whenever he needed any one of those areas of knowledge he just pushed a button and the expert came running.
Ford certainly did know how to put people and things together into very workable combinations and dynamically engineer his dreams.
In the neighborhood where I am staying currently the street names are those of the well known inventors: Watt, Edison, Howe, Bell, Marconi, Fulton, Whitney and Morse. Those men brought us in the main the steam engine, filament light bulb, sewing machine, telephone, submarine, cotton gin and the telegraph, just to mention only the one most well known of their inventions. One could place these men into the genius category as well examples of the 24 genius qualities.
These pioneers in development are well known by their accomplishment, or as Edison said, their 98% perspiration. It could thus could be said it isn't enough to simply be smart. One has to to do.
Using "24 Qualities That Geniuses Have In Common" as stimulating factors to focus on anyone can increase their own genius. There are some tools and techniques beyond that that can be utilized to develop and expand each of those characteristics, but therein are the subjects of my upcoming posts on this blog.
http://www.robertgisel.com/
The article "24 Qualities That Geniuses Have In Common" I had seen before so I did a search to find it again. This is a very popular article republished a lot so I am not going to re-post it yet again just yet. Since I can really relate to it and these qualities though I highly recommend the article you can see in full here.
What fascinated me the most is responses to it particularly from a number of individuals of the Mensa group. One lady said these couldn't be the common traits as she was a Mensa and only had about 16 of the traits. Another gal said she was a Mensa but didn't really think of herself as a genius just as one with exceptional memory. One guy said he was a Mensa and he just gave a heavy sigh. Others have said that there are geniuses who decidedly do not manifest these traits.
The name Bobby Fisher came up as one not exhibiting the 24 qualities, such as outgoing, saying he was rather reclusive. This was not an issue in his earlier life going to competitions and exhibitions but certainly when his competition chess was held up as the symbolic win or lose of the Cold War with Russia he became quirky to say the least. You probably would too if your every move was intensively scrutinized and monitored by banks of the press as well as the diplomatic front men for several nations.
That is not about genius though. That is about suppression. The goal of Suppressive Persons is that others will have less reach out.
Mensa is a group that requires an IQ in the top 2% and then one is said to be a genius. This would a score of 130 or 132 depending on which test you take at least per the children's page. Personally I have no particular impulse to become a Mensa, never knew what was required. Now I see I have tested regularly well above the minimum for the past 3 decades so I can talk from the position of experience.
Perhaps we are talking about 2 different things here, Geniuses and Geniuses Manifest. Having a genius IQ is one thing. Using it to push inspiration into real life manifestations is quite another thing.
IQ is the ability to distinguish between things and interrelate things, to see likenesses or dissimilarities. It means that one could invent the light bulb but it is no guarantee that one will, left alone, carry through and get it made. The Rain Man from the movie of that title would no doubt test out very high on an IQ test but we won't see a string of inventions coming out of him into households.
Edison, inventor of the incandescent light bulb, said it the best, "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration." You would be hard pressed to find a place in the world today where you wouldn't find a light bulb. Edison could easily be put into "24 Qualities That Geniuses Have In Common" and stand up to the test.
Benjamin Franklin would also make the grade. His industry and inspiration provided a number of well known inventions as well as resulting in his becoming one of the most internationally renown Americans and as a Founding Father of the new nation. That he later sometimes demonstrated lessor attributes such as vanity and lust on occasion only shows that he was humanoid and does not demean his greatness as a genius.
Scholastic achievement itself does not make a genius. Henry Ford had only a third grade formal education, but look what he produced in the Ford Motor Company. This became an issue when he felt he had been slandered by someone calling him stupid and Ford sued him for this. The Judge in trying to understand this pointed out that automotive engineering was a highly technical subject, so how could he handle this without an education. Ford pointed out that he had a row of 10 buttons on his desk, each one for a person of expertise. Whenever he needed any one of those areas of knowledge he just pushed a button and the expert came running.
Ford certainly did know how to put people and things together into very workable combinations and dynamically engineer his dreams.
In the neighborhood where I am staying currently the street names are those of the well known inventors: Watt, Edison, Howe, Bell, Marconi, Fulton, Whitney and Morse. Those men brought us in the main the steam engine, filament light bulb, sewing machine, telephone, submarine, cotton gin and the telegraph, just to mention only the one most well known of their inventions. One could place these men into the genius category as well examples of the 24 genius qualities.
These pioneers in development are well known by their accomplishment, or as Edison said, their 98% perspiration. It could thus could be said it isn't enough to simply be smart. One has to to do.
Using "24 Qualities That Geniuses Have In Common" as stimulating factors to focus on anyone can increase their own genius. There are some tools and techniques beyond that that can be utilized to develop and expand each of those characteristics, but therein are the subjects of my upcoming posts on this blog.
http://www.robertgisel.com/
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