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Hopefully high IQ comes with a higher EQ.
So much of our jobs is translating to make an idea work for someone else.
Rather than ask why you’re getting the “typical treatment” ask yourself how you can lead the way for change.
I don’t want you to read this as me being snarky but my friend, read the room.
I was having a hard time in elementary school fitting in - they tested me for gifted and it turns out I’m a 132. Your issues aren’t uncommon. Usually I have my own way of solving problems and I tend to have issues with authority. Just because someone is in a “higher rank” doesn’t mean they know more than you - many times I’ve learned more from those in “lower rank” job positions, etc. “Gifted” shows up in a variety of ways - music, visual art, spatial intelligence which excites me - I don’t score very high in spatial. I have a hard time paying attention for too long and so standardized tests weren’t always my jam. Advertising doesn’t claim many highly intelligent or gifted people (and the truly gifted ones tend to be the most humble, hacks have to brag) so if I were you I’d find a group with other gifted peers where you can feel accepted & be yourself. Ad water cooler conversations bore me. Gossip bores me. Give me a good idea conversation any day. One of the reasons I haven’t done super-well in the ad game politically is because I can’t work well with bosses I don’t find to be smarter than myself. The times I had a boss smarter than me it’s been a wonderful feeling. I can’t wait to learn! (I’ve noticed this also with therapy. Can’t go to a therapist that isn’t smarter than myself. The best relationships I’ve had the man is at least a 140. Any lower doesn’t seem to work due to them feeling emasculated.) Being a WOC doesn’t help either - I’ve certainly noticed Racial/Sexist tension if a white male boss deems me highly intelligent. Bosses see exceptionally intelligent, younger employees as a threat. As much as Machiavellian tactics fascinate me, I see no value in playing dumb to assuage an ego so I wind up leaving or getting fired. It’s okay to think you are smarter than someone. It’s not a snooty thing to say. If you’re physically stronger than someone you’re allowed to say that, no?
The only thing you can. Start your own place. Believe in yourself & do it.
As someone labeled “gifted” their whole life, this post frustrates me a little. From your post, I’m going to assume you’re more junior. Here’s what I have learned: being smart does not mean anything if you can’t effectively communicate your thoughts. Having new ideas is great, but sometimes things are done in a “typical” fashion because experience has shown that to be effective. And as someone who has always been “the smart kid,” please stop associating academic intelligence markers with being better than people. Being smart doesn’t mean shit if you can’t do the work and get people to believe in the work you do.
Your post frustrates me a lot because I NEVER assumed in my post (nor have I in my entire life) that I was somehow smarter than other people. I never even believed that. I just function differently. I think differently. And when I work on projects I have different ideas. Different doesn’t necessarily mean bright!
I never said I couldn’t do the work either. I have amazing relationships with my bosses and they value my work and opinion. I have worked VERY HARD for that but it took a lot of doing things ‘not by the book’. Your title doesn’t show your seniority. But ‘experience’ won’t allow me to go higher yet because of what I look rather than what I say.
What I was looking for when I posted that was for understanding. I’m sure I’m not the only one in this situation. Trying to do things by the book but losing yourself slowly because everything you do is contrary to your ways of doing things (and honestly, experience sometimes doesn’t show sh*t... it’s something practical rather than something effective...).
Do you mean like high IQ, or?
Correct!
Can you elaborate on your gift? Genuinely curious
I can’t explain how. And I’ve always been like that even as a kid. Sometimes it’s better thinking. Sometimes it’s not. I like sharing with my views with people I work on and they always say I have a different view on everything. The reason why I found out was because I had a rough time in my life a couple years back and I seeked help.