{"id":1212015,"date":"2022-09-27T16:54:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T16:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/27\/why-do-some-intelligent-people-fail-to-achieve-their-potentials\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T16:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T16:54:36","slug":"why-do-some-intelligent-people-fail-to-achieve-their-potentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/27\/why-do-some-intelligent-people-fail-to-achieve-their-potentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Some Intelligent People Fail To Achieve Their Potentials?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Most at times in school, some of the most intelligent children you hope for a great career for, ends up no where. This elicit the question, Why do some intelligent people fail to achieve their potentials?<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10c069bce3c5423aae75933eff0a0f75\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the smartest, perhaps the smartest person on the planet, Kim Ung-Yong, was doing calculus and speaking five languages before age five. By age eight he was doing math at NASA and finished his Ph.D. prior to age fifteen. It\u2019s all a bit over the top.<\/p>\n<p>None of this was by his own decision. After the discovery of his genius, an I.Q. of over 200, he was placed on an ultra-fast track program for his life.<\/p>\n<p>After accumulating a mind numbing pile of academic accolades, he worked at NASA for years until he abruptly quit.Here you have the smartest guy in the world, someone whose intelligence dwarfs most Harvard students\u2019, and he walks away from it all.<\/p>\n<p>Why? He wasn\u2019t happy. It was all too much intensity for him. He felt like a machine and just wanted something normal.<\/p>\n<p>He now works in a normal university faculty position as a professor. A prestigious job for most people. But for him? Not so. Kim is still periodically targeted by Korean news outlets for being a \u201cfailed genius\u201d. With all of his gifts he was expected to change the world and innovate within several science fields.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5489ab03b02c4c5db5a78add580bc9fa\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It begs the question, who decided Kim was supposed to change the world? It certainly wasn\u2019t him. Mr. Kim might not be someone most of us can relate to. But he is analogous, ground zero even, for the problems intelligent people face with regards to \u201cpotential.\u201d Just because someone is smart, strong, creative, doesn\u2019t mean they want to be king of the world.<\/p>\n<p> Some people are happy with a low key life. Happiness is the great equalizer. If they are happy, your expectations no longer matter.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Currentworldnews (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most at times in school, some of the most intelligent children you hope for a great career for, ends up no where. This elicit the question, Why do some intelligent people fail to achieve their potentials? 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