Comments on: It’s not what you have…it’s how you use it. http://mzellen.com/2008/07/04/its-not-what-you-haveits-how-you-use-it/ ...as of first importance...that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ellen http://mzellen.com/2008/07/04/its-not-what-you-haveits-how-you-use-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3295 Ellen Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:06:02 +0000 http://mzellen.com/2008/07/04/its-not-what-you-haveits-how-you-use-it/#comment-3295 ;-) thanks for stopping by! hope to see you back. (my kids, unfortunately - have IQ's that are quite high...but don't seem to want to apply it. I don't like that.) ;-) thanks for stopping by! hope to see you back.

(my kids, unfortunately – have IQ’s that are quite high…but don’t seem to want to apply it. I don’t like that.)

]]> By: MatthewS http://mzellen.com/2008/07/04/its-not-what-you-haveits-how-you-use-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3294 MatthewS Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:58:49 +0000 http://mzellen.com/2008/07/04/its-not-what-you-haveits-how-you-use-it/#comment-3294 Ellen, I think you have a good point and I basically agree, even though my instinct has always been the opposite of that. I have instinctively covered up any weakness, hoping that others would not discover that I am not innately intelligent. Silly, no? I think the key question for the authors of that chapter was what effect does it have on the person who believes that intelligence is innate vs. the person who believes more like you do. They find that the person who believes it is innate, a property of who they are, actually ends up handicapping himself or herself. I think they would be happy to hear you believe as you do and would predict a happier and more productive life than if you believed the opposite. Ellen,

I think you have a good point and I basically agree, even though my instinct has always been the opposite of that. I have instinctively covered up any weakness, hoping that others would not discover that I am not innately intelligent. Silly, no?

I think the key question for the authors of that chapter was what effect does it have on the person who believes that intelligence is innate vs. the person who believes more like you do. They find that the person who believes it is innate, a property of who they are, actually ends up handicapping himself or herself. I think they would be happy to hear you believe as you do and would predict a happier and more productive life than if you believed the opposite.

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