By Scott Barry Kaufman. 'What does it mean to be gifted in the United States? A national survey in 2011 found that the predominant method of assessment, by far, is the administration of IQ tests and standardized academic tests. At least 34 states, including California, consider such tests an indication of giftedness; they are mandated by at least 16 states. In contrast, only nine states require the use of tests that measure "creativity" and even fewer require the assessment of leadership, motivation or a talent for the performing arts.'
Douglas Eby's insight:
Book: Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined by Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD. “Kaufman makes a convincing case for incorporating valuable but less easily measured attributes into our view of intelligence…Most powerfully, Kaufman illustrates the importance of uncovering what gives each person his or her own brand of intelligence, taking into account individual goals, psychologies and brain chemistry.”—Scientific American Mind http://t.co/msgHVJlfCU
This Conference hosted by Julie Skolnick is an online event with recordings of presentations by 16+ experts on being a gifted and twice exceptional adult.
Learn more in article "How To Thrive More as a Gifted Adult - the Let’s Talk 2e Adult Conference" https://highability.org/7639/
We may not have realized all or even many of the promises of our identity as a gifted kid, but that doesn't mean we are not still gifted as adults. What kinds of thinking and feeling get in the way?
Mary-Elaine Jacobsen on being exceptional: "To feel like an outsider, to constantly pressure yourself to hold back your gifts in order to fit in..." -- Also see other perspectives on being a gifted, creative person.
Many creative, sensitive, highly intelligent people may feel like misfits.
Therapist Sharon M. Barnes notes that "Many creative, sensitive, intelligent and/or gifted youth and adults feel like misfits, or as many have expressed, like aliens from a different planet."
See link in article to her Social-Emotional ACES Home Video Program to “help you become skilled experts in the Social-Emotional arena.”
“Great accomplishment, and even what we call genius, is typically the result of years of passion and dedication and not something that flows naturally from a gift.”
“What drives the world no longer drives them. Seeing the madness of our civilization so clearly, they may feel somewhat alienated from the culture around them.
“Some feel that they inhabit a no-man’s-land between two worlds. They are no longer run by the ego, yet the arising awareness has not yet become fully integrated into their lives.” — Eckhart Tolle
Sharon M. Barnes, MSSW, LCSW, Therapist For Sensitive And Gifted, works with children, teens and adults who are creative, sensitive, intense, and often gifted people.
She comments that "many creative, sensitive, intelligent and/or gifted youth and adults feel like misfits, or as many have expressed, like aliens from a different planet."
Some may feel pain at being different from "the way women are supposed to be" and hide their abilities to "fit in" with more "normal" society.
An honors graduate of Harvard Law School, Tama J. Kievesleft her practice with a large corporate law firm to write, coach and lead workshops on reaching meaningful self-expression.
In her book “This Time I Dance!..” Kieves encourages the honoring of our intuitve wisdom, and releasing constraints based too much on reason alone:
"Exceptionally bright human beings are infinitely more than the sum of their complex intellects and remarkable talents."
From description on a page for the Let’s Talk 2e Adult Conference, for the presentation "The Role of Anxiety in the Lives of Gifted Adults: Origins, Manifestations, and Amelioration" with Patricia Susan Jackson, M.A., R.C.C.
The description continues:
"Gifted adults have the inborn capacity for extraordinary cognitive, affective, physical and intuitive functioning.
"They have a core substrate of advanced and accelerated functions within the brain which is enhanced or inhibited by their interface in the environment.
"Due to their innate differences from the norm, there may be a gross lack of fit and absent or inadequate opportunities for them to develop holistically, without injury.
"Yet, it is every gifted person’s birthright to live a fully actuated “switched-on” life.
"We will examine guiding principles, habits, mindset and skills that contribute to a life well-lived for this extraordinary populace.
"Central to this discussion will be recognizing the complex role of anxiety in their lived experiences."
Learn more in article:
How To Thrive More as a High Ability Adult – the Let’s Talk 2e Adult Conference https://highability.org/7639/ ... ... #giftedadult #2eadult #thecreativemindvideos #2eadults #twiceexceptional ~~~ øøøøø
The Creative Mind series of sites provides information and inspiration for exploring your inner life, emotional health, and personal development to thrive more as a creator.
» Amazon store: Books for creative people - titles I have selected in categories: Highly sensitive people | Gifted/high ability | Creativity | Emotional health https://www.amazon.com/shop/creativemind
Giftedness refers to special talents provided at birth. Extra intelligence refers literally to an uncommon overdose, compared to standard availability.
Multitalented, multipotentialite, gifted, gifted and talented, advanced potential, genius – some of the ideas and identities about children and adults with high ability and potential.
One of the myths about exceptional people is that high ability always leads to notable accomplishments.
The vast majority of gifted adults are never identified.
Even those who were tested as children and placed in gifted programs often believe that their giftedness disappeared by the time they reached adulthood. .. .. #GiftedAdult #gifted #intenseminds #highability #thecreativemind #thecreativemindvideos
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"The experience of the gifted adult is the experience of an unusual consciousness, an extraordinary mind whose perceptions and judgments may be different enough to require an extraordinary courage." Stephanie Tolan
“The cumulative effect is that many creative, sensitive, intelligent and/or gifted youth and adults feel like misfits, or as many have expressed, like aliens from a different planet."
This program helps people become "skilled experts in the Social-Emotional arena. You’ll learn to ride the intense waves of emotion in your life, instead of being pulled under by them."
Being highly sensitive is a common experience for many, if not most, gifted people. It is related to intensity and excitabilities such as emotional, intellectual and imaginational and sensory.
Mary-Elaine Jacobsen comments in an article of hers about the high sensitivity aspect of giftedness.
Emotional health for creative, gifted, highly sensitive people
Creative, sensitive, gifted kids & adults can "ride their waves of emotion instead of being flooded by them." The Social-Emotional ACES Home Video Program http://thecreativemind.net/ACES
“The assumption that you have to know everything before you consider yourself competent is a big reason why you – and a lot of other people – walk around feeling like a clueless fraud.” ~ Dr. Valerie Young
Many talented and creative people experience impostor or fraud feelings and beliefs about themselves, despite their accomplishments.
How can we change those feelings to be more confident and creative?
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Book: Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined by Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD.
“Kaufman makes a convincing case for incorporating valuable but less easily measured attributes into our view of intelligence…Most powerfully, Kaufman illustrates the importance of uncovering what gives each person his or her own brand of intelligence, taking into account individual goals, psychologies and brain chemistry.”—Scientific American Mind http://t.co/msgHVJlfCU