In spite of all the hype about increasing our math scores – math intelligence alone cannot bring you success. This fact is affirmed in The Sydney Morning Herald’s story … Maths genius living in poverty.
Nadejda Lobastova and Michael Hirst authors in
Grigory "Grisha" Perelman solved a century-old puzzle known as the Poincare Conjecture and yet cannot afford to travel to the International Mathematics Union's convention in
The poverty problem came from an angry split with a leading Russian mathematical institute, the Steklov Institute in
Dr Perelman, 40, grew so depressed by the rejection that he felt worthless and simply cut himself off. This same problem has happened to other brilliant leaders who possess high intelligences in some areas and very low intelligence in other areas. Remember Einstein's teacher called him a bonehead.
His intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence are not related to his math intelligence, but can help him to overcome feelings of rejection or upset over a dispute. People who take themselves too seriously are often unable to reach to a goal beyond themselves in ways that allow them to let insults go and move on.
In fact these intelligences … combined with his linguistic intelligence can enable him to use good tone in interactions… and to express his ideas in ways that bring better results than he got for his efforts with the Russian Institute.
These intelligences come with us into the world and each can be developed in higher degrees through what we do and how we stimulate them by our lives.
Do you take personal rejection too hard and allow it to destroy your well being. Do you have trouble bouncing back after a personal disappointment? Those problems are solved with intelligences other than math. The most content and successful people you know likely have all or most of their multiple intelligences up and running. How about you?
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