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Getting Happier With Your Virtual Meetings

Most of us, from counselors to clerks to CEOs, are spending lots of time in virtual meetings, both professional and personal. And many people are unhappy with how they look or sound, and find themselves getting distracted. My Psychology Today article today offers some thoughts.

Gardening’s Subtler Benefits

Previously, I summarized gardening’s well-known benefits: seeing the miracle of growth, it being good exercise, plus some gardening how-tos.

My Psychology Today article today focuses on gardening's more subtle benefits.

Living Smarter: A synthesis of this six-part series plus a few additional ideas

My Psychology Today article today is the final installment in a series of how-to-do-life posts for unusually intelligent people.  It synthesizes the previous installments while adding a few ideas.

Recreation Ideas for the Super Smart

Of course, even the brainiest person might want recreation to provide a rest from using all that brainpower. I know a high-powered lawyer who, at home sews boxer shorts for her boyfriend while watching cartoons.
But intelligent people may want to think big even in their recreation, to take on a fun project, what I call a projation. I offer examples in my Psychology Today article today.

Money Advice for the Super Smart: Earning, investing, donating

Brainy people tend to have more options for earning, investing, and donating money. My Psychology Today article today offers some thoughts on how to deal with these options.

Parenting a Smart Child

Smart parents tend to have smart kids, so you have a leg up in parenting, but issues remain. I try to address some in my Psychology Today article today.

Romantic Relationships for the SuperSmart

My Psychology Today article today offers suggestions for very intelligent people who'd like to meet a peer for a romantic relationship.

The Case for Elitism: Why the best-and-brightest are now the under-served

I believe that historians will look back at the descent of America and blame much of it on the replacement of focus on the best and brightest with a focus on "the least among us." I make the case in my Psychology Today article today. 

The SuperSmart at Work: Succeeding solo, with peers, or with lesser lights

Brilliant people often get frustrated or into trouble at work, because of their brilliance. My Psychology Today article today offers suggestions.

Careers for the SuperSmart

Some highly intelligent people choose to use their smarts to just slide by. They talk their way into jobs they can do easily, find housing that’s below-market. This article isn’t for them.
Most highly intelligent people recognize noblesse oblige, the obligation to use their gift to contribute to  Gross World Happiness.

Of course, one’s career choice should capitalize on strengths and interests and skirt  weaknesses and distastes. But all things equal, in my Psychology Today article today, I make the case that highly intelligent people will likely make the biggest difference when choosing one of two careers: medical researcher or data scientist.