A book that subverts cognition very much and promotes it to everyone. IQ score can't be the final conclusion of a person's life, and everyone with intellectual characteristics can be great.

We live in a world of labels-"average qualification", "underachiever", "idiot" and "retarded" ... I don't know how many people have been imprisoned by labels like "insufficient talent" all their lives and have never found their shining side. Scott Kaufman, the author of this book, has also been labeled as a "learning disability" since childhood. Fortunately, despite many painful past experiences, he succeeded in counterattack. He not only got rid of the curse of "lack of talent", but also became a doctor at Yale University, a psychology professor at new york University and a well-known cognitive psychologist.

This is a very personal book. At the beginning of each chapter, the author leads us to trace his footsteps with a short story, witnessing his inner struggle, persistent exploration, joy of self-discovery and breakthrough, and objective and calm reflection. This is another very objective and professional psychological work. Kaufman widely quoted and combed almost all the research results on intelligence and IQ tests, and pointed out that people's interpretation of traditional intelligence measurement was misled. He integrated the important theories and latest research results of evolutionary psychology, developmental psychology, positive psychology, genetics and neuroscience, challenged people's traditional cognition and ideas, and discussed various factors that affect a person's success, including passion, psychological orientation, self-regulation, expertise, deliberate practice, general intelligence, talent and creativity. Finally, the author reveals a more open and personalized definition of intelligence, thinking that intelligence is the dynamic interaction between "input" and "ability" in the process of pursuing personal goals, thus pointing out that everyone can achieve greatness.

Dedicated to all the people trapped in the "label"

May this book inspire you to believe in yourself and release your mind.

Let's drink to those different children!

Children who can't always get "excellent" grades,

Children whose ears are twice as big as their friends,

Children whose noses can never be wiped clean. ...

Let's drink to those different children!

Those lunatics and idiots in the eyes of others,

Those children who have courage and perseverance but are out of place,

Children who dance to different drums. ...

Let's drink to those different children!

Those naughty children,

Because one day when they grow up, as history has proved,

It is their differences that make them achieve unique achievements.

Digby Wolfe.

Different children

The purpose of life is to improve ourselves and fully realize human nature, which is the meaning of each of us.

Oscar? Wilde

When I was five years old, my mother told me that the key to life is happiness. After school, people asked me what I want to be when I grow up, and I wrote down happiness. They told me that I didn't understand the topic. I told them that they don't understand life.

? John? Lennon

Intelligence is the ability to make decisions to achieve goals in the face of difficulties on the basis of rationality (respect for facts).

? Steven? pink

Each individual with different qualifications has multiple intellectual advantages, such as average qualifications, prodigies, late bloomers, dyslexics and autistic patients.

I believe that every child has great potential, and we need to be patient and master the corresponding tools to really see the children in front of us through labels.

There is more than one road to greatness. Personal intelligence cannot be accurately measured. We can know and cherish every kind of mind without belittling the value of others. Each of us, no matter what kind of label we bear, has our own advantages and disadvantages.

Each of us interprets behavior according to our own thoughts and experiences. Only by understanding how the world works can we trigger the changes needed to create a better world.

We can't ignore the richness of human intelligence, redefine intelligence and eventually become a great instrument. Everyone has different needs for each kind of demand and has the ability to cultivate growth mentality. Everyone has a powerful hidden learning system to absorb the probability rule structure of the world, and can also use a powerful long-term working mechanism to acquire profound and rich professional knowledge in a certain field of human knowledge.

Redefine human intelligence, including all aspects of human brain, and emphasize the value of individual experience, problem-solving ability and deep and meaningful life participation. The focus shifts from doing everything well to a lifelong learning process that inevitably bumps into bumps and detours, from a fixed mentality to a growing mentality, and from the result to the process.

Under no circumstances should one's behavior be compared with another's, because one's intelligence is not measured or judged by others' behavior. Any behavior that narrows the gap between original intention and goal can be regarded as intellectual behavior. Nothing is impossible, only unexpected. The importance of finding strategies and acquiring knowledge. It is an important embodiment of human wisdom to find various schemes and shorten the distance between the starting point and the end point in order to overcome difficult problems.

We should encourage all people who love a particular field to engage in their favorite careers. When people participate in the field consistent with their self-identity, how great changes they will experience. Their love for a certain field is the only and best way to predict their creative achievements in life. The overall landscape of mankind is more beautiful, inspiring and full of hope than from any single point of view.

We should encourage children to dream the impossible, think beyond ordinary expectations and dare to be unrealistic. This kind of encouragement can enhance children's understanding of the importance of perseverance and question the existing order. This instills in everyone a psychological orientation of lifelong learning and growth. Nothing is impossible as long as we give our children a chance and take their dreams seriously.

Because you never thought your dream would come true.