Everyone has some habits they do with knowing or without their knowledge but did you know some habits are the sign of high intelligence quotient (IQ).
What is IQ?
IQ, or Intelligence Quotient, is a measure of a person's cognitive abilities and potential. It is usually determines through standardized testing that assesses your various cognitive functions. These are including problem-solving, reasoning, memory, and mathematical skills, among others. An IQ score aims to represent an individual's intellectual ability compared to the general population, with the average score typically set around 100.
What is Habit?
A habit is a regular behavior or routine that is performed often, usually automatically, without much conscious thought. Habits can be actions or patterns of behavior that people develop over time, and they can be either positive or negative in nature.
It turns out that every habit starts with a psychological pattern called a "habit loop," which is a three-part process. First, there's a cue, or trigger, that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and let a behavior unfold.
"Then there's the routine, which is the behavior itself," Duhigg tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "That's what we think about when we think about habits."
Habits of People with High IQ
1. 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳
Ordinary People need a smart person to get approval for their problems.
Intelligent people hold meetings by talking to themselves. So they don’t need anyone else.
2. 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿
They don’t use the simple jokes we all know.
They can tell interesting and clever jokes that not everyone can understand.
3. 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
These people can analyze and observe very quickly.
I can give Sherlock Holmes as a high-level example of this.
4. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁
They don’t say things like “I wish I hadn’t”
What’s done is done and they just learn from it and move on
5. 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱
When someone tells something, they listen if they see value.
They aren’t affected by manipulative speech or bad rhetoric.
6. 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲
They don’t have time to be negative.
Instead, they calculate bad possibilities in advance and proceed with a plan.
7. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻
They don’t get stupidly stubborn, they listen to you.
If they can’t solve the problem through communication, they leave.
8. 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱
They often listen to music without words to become isolated.
This could be classical music, jazz, film music, etc.
9. 𝗔𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Successful and intelligent people are a little anxious. But this is not at the level of a panic attack.
They make the right anxiety management.
10. 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
This loneliness isn’t like depression. They stay alone to meet with themselves and think.
11. 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
They have at least one addiction or collection. These could also be bad dependencies or stupid collections.
12. 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀
They get maximum efficiency by reading the sections of the books containing the information they need.
References
transparent.thinker, 2024. 12 Habits of intelligent people at: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4MjFhWohsE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
npr, 2012. Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them at: https://www.npr.org/2012/03/05/147192599/habits-how-they-form-and-how-to-break-them
wikipedia. Intelligence quotient at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient