#98: Dr. Dean Keith Simonton PhD - Exploring Human Intelligence and What Makes a Genius

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How do you define GENIUS? If you are thinking high IQ, you might be wrong Dr. Dean Keith Simonton, my guest in this episode, has spent his entire life studying genius and what it takes to be one. Dean Simonton is distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis. With almost 600 publications under his belt and having written 14 books, he is an expert when it comes to understanding genius. In this episode we discuss 👉 What is a genius and how do you define it 👉 How genius manifests itself and at what age 👉 Types of intelligences 👉 What can the rest of us learn from geniuses 👉 How to live a meaningful life according to Dean 👉 And so much more! You don’t want to miss this episode as it will help you better understand intelligence. KEYNOTES 0:53 What is a genius? 9:25 When do you manifest genius and the types of intelligences 16:00 Recognizing genius 22:22 What can we learn from geniuses 24:35 How to live a meaningful life 28:38 Dean’s message to his younger self 37:20 The main difference between Dean and other people who didn’t achieve as much 45:00 The main lesson from Dean’s book Connect with Dr. Dean Keith Simonton Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dean.simonton Resources University website: https://psychology.ucdavis.edu/people/fzsimon Research citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R70qDtIAAAAJ&hl=en CONNECT WITH MADS MISIAK FRIIS growthisland.io/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/madsmfriis/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/madsmf/ Find the episode at: 🖥️Website at Growth Island 🎧Your favorite podcast app under Growth Island 🎥Youtube under Growth Island If you like today’s episode, then please subscribe and leave a review so more people can learn about the podcast