Perhaps you've been told that you're wise for your years or the other way around where you surprised people by understanding and learning like someone X number of years younger than you.

也許有人告訴你，你的智慧與你的年齡不相稱，或者反過來說，你通過理解和學習像比你年輕X歲的人一樣讓人們感到驚訝。

It's one of the few times being markedly different is considered a good thing and some people managed to stay closer to optimal than others.

這是為數不多的明顯不同被認為是一件好事的時候之一，有些人設法比其他人更接近最佳狀態。

Are you one of them?

你是他們中的一員嗎？

Let's take a look at some ways you can tell number one you have bursts of energy and focus.

讓我們來看看一些方法，你可以告訴第一你有爆發性的能量和注意力。

Yeah we know you can gain for hours and your twitch feed is blowing up right now but that's not exactly what we're talking about.

是的，我們知道你可以獲得幾個小時的收益，而且你的twitch feed現在已經炸開了鍋，但這並不完全是我們所談論的。

Are you able to laser guide your focus on a task to meet a goal?

你是否能夠脈衝光引導你的注意力集中在某項任務上以達到目標？

Do you notice yourself still excited and working on an objective?

你是否注意到自己仍在為一個目標而興奮和努力？

That others quit a long time ago Despite in the beginning everyone saying they wanted the same thing.

其他人早就不幹了，儘管一開始大家都說他們想要同樣的東西。

This can be a sign of your brain remaining flexible and ready to dance.

這可能是你的大腦保持靈活和準備跳舞的標誌。

Being able to retain that ability to assimilate and integrate new knowledge via the same kind of focus and determination is a sign of intelligence.

能夠保留這種通過同樣的專注和決心來吸收和整合新知識的能力是智慧的標誌。

Number two you are aware of and value your time.

第二，你意識到並珍惜你的時間。

Does your relaxation still involve doing maybe it's not work but you're still doing something and if you're forced to just sit and not read, not talk not think.

你的放鬆是否仍然涉及到做也許這不是工作，但你仍然在做一些事情，如果你被迫只是坐著，不看書，不說話不思考。

Yeah you feel that hyper awareness of time, your time ticking away.

是的，你感覺到對時間的超強意識，你的時間在流逝。

That splinter in your mind driving you mad.

你心中的那根刺讓你發瘋。

Okay you're kidding sorry, you're not likely Neo, but mindless twiddling does bug you.

好吧，你在開玩笑，對不起，你不可能是尼奧，但無意識的擺弄確實讓你感到困擾。

You could be reading that article you put away for later, you could be starting that craft project, you could be figuring out how to do that thing, you could be doing something that is meaningful, purposeful and useful to you if you'd rather do that than a mindless activity like blindly scrolling through social media or picking out your fingernails.

你可以閱讀那篇被你擱置的文章，你可以開始那個手工項目，你可以想辦法做那件事，你可以做一些有意義的、有目的的、對你有用的事情，如果你願意這樣做，而不是盲目地滾動社交媒體或挑剔你的指甲這樣的無意識活動。

This demonstrates a desire to learn and to stimulate your brain which is smart.

這表明你有學習的慾望，並能刺激你的大腦，這很聰明。

Number three, you enjoy learning?

第三，你喜歡學習嗎？

Have you felt dissatisfaction and no desire to participate in activities that stay the same?

你是否對保持不變的活動感到不滿和無心參加？

The person next to you may be content doing the same unchanging thing repeatedly and when you invite them to take a new course with you or attend a convention where you can learn more about something.

你旁邊的人可能滿足於重複做同樣的不變的事情，當你邀請他們和你一起參加一個新的課程或參加一個可以學到更多東西的會議時。

They give you a look that says but why basically there is knowledge out there, knowledge about that thing you like and you hunger for it.

他們給你一個眼神，說但為什麼基本上有知識在那裡，關於你喜歡的那個東西的知識，你渴望得到它。

So you've had a lesson or learned a concept and just like a good snack, you just can't stop at one.

是以，你已經有了一個教訓或學到了一個概念，就像一個好的零食一樣，你就是不能停留在一個地方。

We can always improve.

我們總是可以改進。

And our desire to climb higher for ourselves also improves that desire to be smarter feed that need number four, you can think sideways long ways and always have you gotten a response of I never thought of it that way to a solution or idea you've proffered maybe you gave a creative working solution and even though no one responded, you found your solution being used anyhow.

而我們為自己爬得更高的願望也提高了這種願望，讓我們更聰明地滿足第四種需求，你可以從側面想很久，你是否總是得到這樣的迴應：我從來沒有這樣想過你提出的解決方案或想法，也許你給出了一個創造性的工作解決方案，即使沒有人迴應，你發現你的解決方案無論如何都被使用。

Don't worry.

不要擔心。

Some people just can't admit you suggested something.

有些人就是不能承認你建議的東西。

They hadn't and wouldn't have thought of this doesn't negate the fact that you still blew their mind and thought outside the box.

他們沒有也不會想到這一點，但這並不能否定你還是讓他們大開眼界，跳出框框的事實。

Give yourself bonus points for emotional intelligence though if they do admit you out thought them because you did something to make them willing to swallow their pride.

如果他們承認你比他們強，因為你做了一些事情讓他們願意吞下他們的驕傲，那就給自己的情商加分吧。

If you find yourself surprising others with new perspectives, ideas and solutions, especially with a wide variety of people, you're flexing that critical thinking muscle.

如果你發現自己用新的觀點、想法和解決方案給別人帶來了驚喜，特別是和各種各樣的人在一起時，你就在發揮批判性思維的能力。

# five, looking into who someone is not what they look like.

# 第五，研究一個人是誰而不是他們的長相。

Do you walk yourself back from making a snap judgment of someone, Maybe you're willing to give them the benefit of the doubt until you've had the chance to observe or know them more.

你是否不對某人做出簡單的判斷，也許你願意給他們以懷疑的好處，直到你有機會觀察或瞭解他們。

You want to see the person behind the persona.

你想看到這個角色背後的人。

Your conversation with them doesn't skirt on the innate.

你與他們的談話並沒有繞過先天性的問題。

But delves into finding out how they think their opinions and who they are having an ability to treat people for who they are on the inside rather than how they look on the outside.

但要深入瞭解他們如何看待自己的意見，以及他們是誰有能力對待人們的內心，而不是他們在外面的樣子。

Is a deep sign of both kindness and emotional intelligence and number six, your ship of emotions has an even keel short version you think and chill before tackling a situation.

是善良和情商的深刻標誌，第六，你的情緒之船有一個均勻的短版，你在處理一個情況之前會思考和寒心。

Any situation we mean, even if you really just want to give that prickly argumentative person a dope slap.

我們指的是任何情況，即使你真的只是想給那個帶刺的爭論者一個笨蛋的耳光。

You don't not worth the assault charges.

你不值得被指控毆打。

You know, even when your friend is doing something really unwise, you resist the urge to blurt out.

你知道，即使你的朋友在做一些非常不明智的事情，你也會忍住衝動，大聲說出來。

Don't get carried away.

不要得意忘形。

Are you even thinking?

你到底有沒有想過？

No, no.

不，不。

Yeah.

是的。

Take a good oxygen to the brain breath and think about how best to help and not harm you.

好好呼吸一下大腦中的氧氣，想想如何最好地幫助而不是傷害你。

Consider how your words would affect them.

考慮你的話會如何影響他們。

So you put some thought into phrasing it as best as possible.

是以，你花了一些心思來儘可能地表述它。

Instead of whipping back with a curt verbal slap naturally, you need to feel what you feel.

與其自然而然地用口頭上的鞭子抽打回去，你需要感受你的感受。

That's the human condition.

這就是人類的狀況。

What's smart though is when you find ways to deal with your feelings to the benefit of everyone rather than depending on reflex and impulse.

但聰明的是，當你找到處理你的感受的方法，使大家都受益，而不是依賴反射和衝動。

Side note of reassurance occasionally, no matter how well you phrase something and how thoroughly you thought out in action, some people will still obstinately refuse to be decent.

偶爾會有一些側面的保證，無論你的措辭有多好，你在行動上想得有多徹底，有些人還是會頑固地拒絕體面的。

That's on them.

那是他們的事。

Not on you.

不是在你身上。

Please don't stress your good, You did your thing.

請不要強調你的好，你做了你的事。

Do you feel smarter or better about your smarts?

你是否覺得自己更聰明，或對自己的聰明才智更有信心？

Perhaps you've recognized one of these points and now realize, hey, that's a good thing.

也許你已經認識到其中一點，現在意識到，嘿，這是一件好事。