Have you ever felt that you are not intelligent? Has the world around you told you that you need to be better? Do you believe that there are more intelligent people than you in the world? Today’s email will change your life. I believe that everyone is born with the same level of intelligence. As we grow up, we become intelligent in certain things based on our interests. If I am interested in something, I will spend more time on it and automatically my intelligence grows. But the world around us has yardsticks for intelligence. They ask you how much you earn, what degrees you have, how many marks you have scored, and where you work. What the world wants is for everyone to be the same. But… What the world needs is for everyone to be unique. Imagine what would happen if all the people in the world became doctors? Or what if everyone became lawyers? Who will give medicines to the lawyer and who will represent the doctor in the court? Everyone has to do different things. The world is a wealthy place when we have architects, musicians, painters, artists, writers, teachers, coders, engineers, financial experts, brokers, real estate builders, and scientists. But instead of asking different people to specialize in different things via education, we try to measure someone with the same stick as everyone else. Humans are decentralized. Intelligence is decentralized. Imagine what would happen if all the parts of your body did the same work? It will not function. One body part has to pump blood. One has to think. One has to help you move. One has to breathe oxygen. It is teamwork. Similarly, to have the maximum wealth in this world, everyone needs to be unique and doing their unique things. The world becomes a single team where each human being contributes to the collective wealth in his/her unique way. So this new year, in 2021, resolve to not believe anyone who says you are not intelligent. You are intelligent. As intelligent as me or anyone who you admire. We are all equally intelligent. Everyone around you is also equally intelligent but they show their intelligence in different ways. If you try to measure the mathematics intelligence of a news reporter, he will fail. If you try to measure the financial intelligence of a mother of 3 amazing children, she will fail. Most of the work in the world – we cannot do. We know a small set of skills and we better become better at it. We will all fail miserably in one test or the other. Standard tests are not a measure of intelligence. Measuring people’s intelligence using tests is unfair for the divine magic of diversity in human beings. So choose your tests. Choose what is meaningful for you and what you think you will be naturally good at. Be a rebel. Take the road less traveled. Society will try to blunt your rough edges. But instead, you work on sharpening your rough edges. The world loves people with rough edges. You will be celebrated once you have your unique skills sharpened enough. That’s why they celebrate extreme achievements with things like the Guinness book of world records. So in 2021, throw out the rules that govern your life. Create your own rules. Do not live in other people’s reality. Live in your reality and let other people enter your reality. Be an Alpha to the world around you. Other people should want you more than you want them. Be a giver. Create value through your unique intelligence. The world will become boring if everyone is the same. We need people of different color, race, gender, beliefs, talents, skills, and orientations. That’s what makes this a rich place to live in. Remember. Every time someone tries to blunt your edges. Sharpen it. You know deep down inside you that you are unique. And this year, in 2021, bring out that uniqueness. It is a tiring process to comply with the world. Instead, make the world comply with you. Will you? Have a great year ahead.
