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When intelligence doesn't match life outcomes

My therapist keeps saying I'm intelligent but I failed out of college twice and can barely hold a job and I feel like a complete fraud every single day.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between perceived cognitive ability and practical functioning creates a painful identity crisis about what intelligence actually means.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Intelligence — theories myths and measurement?”

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