Learning Curve

The detriment of having a high learning curve? People either can't believe that you know what you know, or they don't respect you because you didn't have to wait years for your knowledge to "click" into being applicable. Sometimes vicarious learning trumps experience because you can view things without the bias that years of experience may have taught. This is not to say that experience doesn't provide some wisdom or that experience isn't valid because more often than not, it is paramount. However, for people of a higher than average IQ, which essentially means a higher learning curve, they are able to apply their learning almost immediately. Because of this, people tend to judge these people by average standards such as age, years in college, or time at a job. The only factors that can trump this is if they happen to have accumulated accolades that prove to the world that they are indeed extraordinary. Another factor in this is Emotional Intelligence. Combine the two and you are around someone who can quickly learn from other people's mistakes and perspectives, and adapt after QUICKLY assessing all the knowledge that they have in their possession. But to those of average intelligence, this confronts all their personal insecurities and personal feelings towards intelligence. This can automatically cause friction when there may not have been any with someone of equally average intelligence. So what does the person with a High IQ do? Be patient. Try not to patronize. Find a way to slowly show that you are completely capable of dealing with situations without rambling off all the information that is flowing through your mind. It is a tedious world, and this will make interactions with others tedious as well but... it must be done if you want to maintain personal and professional relationships.