It's a common concept that if you are smart then life is easier. Well, it's tougher.
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You intimidate others even when you don't want to.
You are misinterpreted, as most don't understand you. It's hard to find others like you as only a handful of you exist in a population.
If you are lucky to find someone like-minded, you will still be different. There is a uniqueness about you that might never match anyone completely.
You are a high functioning and highly self-aware person. Ever heard of the phrase 'ignorance is bliss'? Well! You don't have this bliss.
You experience everything profoundly because you are perceptive.
You feel everything deeply because you have a high emotional quotient. You need to regulate your emotions all the time.
You are expected to make informed decisions. While you do, the expectations from you are even higher because the world knows that you are smarter.
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You are expected to know it all. No one knows it all.
No one understands that you are still learning. You will always be learning. Because that's what your intellect teaches you - that it's never enough. It will never be enough.
The evolution and the innovation are continuous. And you must keep learning to stay abreast.
People tell you that there is no need to do so much. To learn too much. But they don't understand that you function like that.
Your brain demands it and your heart desires it.
You admire erudition. You abhor redundancy and prefer succinctness.
You value time over everything else. You are intrinsically motivated in a world of extrinsic motivation.
You are after intellectual progress while the world is after materialistic gain.
You are in quest for excellence, while the world is content with mediocrity.
You are accused of pushing your boundaries while the hackneyed like to relax.
You think you do all right. But when you see those around you, you feel that you are crazy.
Most people haven't experienced, seen or felt what you have. They don't know what they are missing, but you do.
You have a path that no one sees. You have a vision that's unique.
You do your best and it threatens their mediocrity.
Your endeavour for excellence is intimidating.
People try and pull you down because that's easier than pulling themselves up.
You are a challenge, and they don't want one.
You get through your tasks quickly and want more. They lag behind and complain.
You are accused of not being a team player because others can't keep up. You want to stop so that they can catch up.
You begin to doubt your interpersonal skills. But they don't blink before they stereotype you.
You need support and self-assurance. But they think you are too perfect to need anything at all.
You are a survivor, but you are tagged as competitive. You are honest because you don't know any other way. They call you blunt and get away.
You are intense and passionate. They call it aggression.
You want to do your best and they think it's too much. It's too much for them but merely routine for you.
You are motivated, self-managed and accomplished.
You strive for more and its labelled greed.
Your yearning to improve and progress is considered a threat to your and their happiness.
You don't settle for less, so they assume you are stressed.
Setting goals and achieving them makes you happy.
Moving forward and taking chances is fulfilling.
You don't look for happiness, you look for purpose. They merely live for contentment and you live for ecstasy.
Your life is forever changing course, and they fear change. You adjust because there is no other way. They complain because it was your fault you innovated and evolved.
You stand out. But you also stand alone.
You are exceptional. But you are also the exception.
You do less and achieve more. But you also work hard. They think its smooth sailing for you. It is! But it's a fruit of your effort and not theirs.
You spend more time in looking for what to do next. Finding an opportunity is a struggle, rather than availing one. You leap to every other avenue and soon exhaust what exists.
Your leaders demand submission. But you question every decision.
Your desire to innovate makes them uncomfortable.
Your intellect and knowledge are a threat to them. And they want you out of their way.
You challenge the norms, and they fear change.
You are a transformational leader and they are merely problem solvers.