Beating A Students and Understanding Personal Intelligence

Speaker's Background

• Struggled in school, always a C student.
• Researched education system at age 27.
• Discovered system set up to maintain certain students in the middle.

Theory of Multiple Intelligences

• Research by Guy Gardner in 1983: Seven different intelligences.
• Not strong in top two (reading and math).
  • Poor reader and writer, slow at math.
  • Good with hands and intrapersonal communication.

Brain Structure and Learning

• Three parts of the brain: left brain, right brain, and subconscious brain.
  • Left Brain: Analytical, good at reading, writing, and math.
  • Right Brain: Creative, spatial thinking.
  • Subconscious Brain: Reactive, fight-or-flight, also called reptilian brain.

Overcoming Challenges

• Encounter problem-solving creatively (right brain).
• Observation of fear and greed responses (subconscious brain).

Reptilian Brain and Reactions

• Fear and greed causing irrational behaviors.
• Blood drains from higher thinking areas, causing reversion to primal instincts.
• Example with real estate market behavior.
• Importance of controlling subconscious mind for success in high-pressure situations.

Personal Struggles and Strategies

• Internal battle between intrinsic desires (stud vs. fat boy analogy).
• Challenges in maintaining discipline (e.g., gym, money-making).
• Control over habits (e.g., smoking, drinking, eating).
• Importance of personal intra-communication skills.

Success as an Entrepreneur

• Uses intrapersonal skills to manage fear and greed.
• Leveraging economic downturns as opportunities.
• Observes others reverting to reptilian brain in crises.

Key Points

• Handling fear and greed is crucial for entrepreneurial success.
• Individuals can be addicted to certain behaviors, including poverty or employment despite hating their job.
• Personal creativity and intrapersonal skills as strengths outside traditional academia.

Conclusion

• Improving financial IQ and understanding brain functions empowers better decision-making and success.
• Next book focusing on financial IQ coming soon.