Inglewood Business Magazine July 2017 Final

IBM
SMART BUSINESS
Qualities 15of Smart Business People
What exactly is “smart”? Being
smart is more than having a
high IQ. It has been proven
time and again that IQ is fixed. The way
we learn at 15 is the same way we learn at
50. To be smart one has to bring more to
the table than intelligence alone. At the
core of smart people is an acute and ever
expanding self-awareness. Smart people
tend to be quick and prompt, mentally
ready, shrewd, clever, effective, neat or
trim in their appearance, socially elegant,
sophisticated, current and charismatic.
Smart is the sum total of many character
traits expressing itself globally through a
person’s impact on their world.
1. INTUITIVE.
Smart people do not just rely on facts,
they listen to and follow their intuition.
They are aware of when and how their
intuitions and insights come to them.
They are internally tuned-in to make
wise decisions. Smart people are able to
clearly see the reasons and motivations
of other people. Because of this, they
can selectively choose when, what and
with whom to align themselves. They
use their intuition in decision making,
to chart new paths and in being diligent
in surrounding themselves with only the
highest quality people, programs and
customers.
2. CONSCIOUS.
Smart people know who they are and
are conscious of their emotional and
behavioral tendencies across situations.
They know their strengths, weaknesses,
personality traits, values, morals and
beliefs. Smart people are wise to others
but know that self-awareness is the ticket
to their personal enlightenment and
business advancement. They show the
deepest commitment to themselves and to
their own development. They are keen in
knowing that the more conscious they are
of themselves, the better they are able to
know and predict others.
3. REFLECTIVE.
Smart people look back on, and learn
from, experiences. They do not get stuck
in the past but know they must look in
the review mirror to properly navigate the
front window. As they look back they take
inventory on what they can learn from
their experiences. They either perfect and
repeat past efforts or abolish strategies
that clearly did not work. They take the
time to think about decisions before
jumping in, and afterward, actively reflect
to gain deeper insight into what worked
and what didn’t.
4. CREATIVE.
Smart people are never satisfied with one
level of advancement of their product,
themselves or their business. They are
drawn to new ideas, radical thoughts
and innovative ways of changing and
doing things. Smart people desire to
chart new paths and crave progressive
thinking, concepts and people. Their
natural thought process is out-of-the-box.
Stepping outside their comfort zone is
something they see as imperative to their
success.
5. OPEN-MINDED.
Smart people welcome different
perspectives and see opportunities
where most do not. They see the mind
as a parachute -- it works best when
open. Smart people are comfortable in
paradoxical situations and have a passion
for problem solving and fixing things in
new and inventive ways. They are willing
to listen to different points of view on how
to strategize in problem solving situations.
They let go of having things be their way
when they come across more effective
solutions.
6. TIMELY.
Smart people recognize and respond
immediately to opportunities and people.
They act and react quickly, taking care
of what needs to be done well ahead of
schedule. Procrastination is not their
habit, as losing opportunities is not an
option. All opportunities, along with
mutually respectful relationships, develop
from promptness and dependability.
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