Purpose is something we all need in life. We love and need to know why we do something, why it is good, what results we achieve by doing it, and how we make a unique contribution to the environment in which we live. However, highly intelligent people are always looking for, so to speak, some “higher meaning.” Their restless minds are constantly searching for something sensational, fantastic, unforgettable, and perfect. Is that perfection attainable? Of course not – and that is a recipe for disaster.
Because the present purpose of what they do is often not enough for them, highly intelligent people sometimes feel that they simply do not belong in this world, and are therefore unhappy. Imagine the frustration of a young girl with high potential and aspirations, born in a backward town that offers no opportunities, and stifles any form of intellectual development – it feels something like that.
We are too hard on ourselves.
Highly intelligent people often have overly strict and rigorous lithuania whatsapp data criteria for themselves, because they always think they could have done something better. Even when they achieve success, they seem to be looking for "hairs in the egg", reasons not to be satisfied with themselves, and consequently feel great guilt and dissatisfaction.
We are not completely satisfied with how we treated the last client, what we said at the meeting last Monday, what presentation we gave to colleagues from the neighboring sector, what report we wrote for our boss, how we behaved on our last date with a girlfriend or boyfriend, and what kind of lunch we cooked for relatives who visited us two weekends ago - there are endless examples. To make matters worse, these thoughts usually come to us in the evening, when we lie down in bed and relax, and as if out of spite, they don't let us fall asleep in peace.
Our mind never rests.
When we have a high intellect, it is not uncommon for a real battlefield to take place in our heads. A cognitive activity that is so intense that we are constantly "chewing" thoughts, thinking about events that have happened to us, thinking about what would have happened if we had acted differently in a situation, worrying about things that could happen to us, and burdening ourselves with all kinds of "what if" scenarios.
I read a saying the other day that says “Happiness is a peaceful mind.” – good luck with that, my dear intellectuals.