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I would like to think that I am smarter than the average person. I've done well enough at life that I can live contentedly.
However, I know there are plenty of people way smarter about a lot of things than I am. High School was a breeze for me, getting nearly all As with only limited work - then I got to college and had to really work - meanwhile around me were students cruising as easily as I had in HS plus being athletically or artistically talented with what seemed like little effort.
A work colleague and I discussed the phenomena of feeling smart. Of course we both thought we brought talent to the company. But around us were coworkers who exhibited idiocy on a weekly basis, some daily. Without fail, each of those low performing employees thought of themselves as clever, smart, hardworking, or had some "other smarts" - in other words - valuable employees.
So if they all thought they were smart when they clearly were not, just how accurate is anyones self evaluation?
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What am I even doing here?
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