<p>Not to brag but I am really smart ( everything makes sense to me), but lately, it seems like I don't not care about my grades at all. I make stupid mistakes that cost me lost of points in college. It seems not to really affect me emotionally at all , but I really want to change. I would love to get some advice on how to pay more attention to smaller details.</p>
<p>You could go back through and proofread the post you just made for starters. </p>
<p>I can’t help but find a bit of irony in the fact that you opened this post with “not to brag but I am really smart” and then proceeded to make a post that was riddled with errors. </p>
<p>If you’re as smart as you claim to be, and if everything really does make sense to you…then shouldn’t you be able to figure out what needs to be done?</p>
<p>What kind of study habits do you have? When you do study, do you make sure to give it your undivided attention, or are you surrounded by distractions? Do you always attend lectures and take good notes? Do you ask for help when you’re confused about a topic (although I guess everything DOES make sense to you)?</p>
<p>Word of advice - If you have to tell people how smart you are, you probably aren’t as smart as you think you are. </p>
<p>That is my main issue, I could write with less error but that would mean i care about small details which I don’t. So as long as it makes sense then there is no reason to spend extra time revising it. That is where I get shredded to pieces because a concatenation of of those venial mistakes has a big effect on my grades and YOU should know by now why is it so important to me. I do go to lectures; I do all homework and I understand everything AFTER and explanations which are some kind of help. I didnt say that I was a genius.</p>
<p>"I would love to get some advice on how to pay more attention to smaller details. " - I do not know any other option but
“to pay more attention to smaller details”. What else you would expect? Smart or not is pretty irrelevant in this task of paying attention to details. So, you might as well forget your genius and just (one more time) start “to pay more attention to smaller details”. Did not you do something else in your life beside academics that truly require “to pay more attention to smaller details”? I cannot imagine any EC that would not require “to pay more attention to smaller details”. Take any sport, any muscial instrument, definitely any type of art, writing…leadership positions, anything at all… </p>
<p>…oh, since people normally downpalying their ability, stating that you are “smart” implying that you are actually “genius”</p>
<p>I see no reason for comments on this thread to be so mean. OP simply wants us to know that his simple mistakes are the result of carelessness, not stupidity.</p>
<p>OP, it sounds like you might be depressed. Are there other aspects of your life in which you do not care about the details, or where you lack the kind of emotional response that other people have?</p>
<p>If so, visiting your school’s counseling center might be a good step.</p>
<p>It seems like someone misunderstood my post. By small details, I mean signs in math +,- or Sig figs in chem or how certain things are worded. It is as if my brain jumps to conclusion way before I finish the sentence.
Wasatch, I have a horrible problem with feelings, I know what they are but I always buried them. A leader shows not emotions right?</p>
<p>Leaders do often control their emotions when they are with the people they lead, but the good ones create times when they can show their emotions, such as with close friends and family.</p>
<p>Stupid mistakes = lack of practice. You need to put in the hours. </p>
<p>On a side note, even if you are smart, don’t take decisions based on that. If you think math comes “natural” to you ,don’t let them make you not do your homework. Work like a donkey if you want success. Put your head down and get those hours. </p>
<p>Hope it helps. I was always “lazy” during my school years.</p>
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<p>What? A good leader will typically be able to control their emotions well, but to actually show NO emotions? No. That’s not really true. Emotions can be a very important quality in leadership. People aren’t going to want to follow an emotionless machine. Letting passion shine through is a crucial quality in a leader. </p>
<p>If you’re messing up with ± signs and screwing up sig figs, it’s because you haven’t practiced enough to drill the method in. Sig figs become second nature after using them enough. </p>
<p>If you feel like you’re jumping to conclusions too early…then slow down. There’s no “trick” to noticing the small details, other than to take the time to notice the small details and to practice enough to know when and where those small details will arise. </p>
<p>Thank you for your advices!! I was kidding about having no feelings. I do not suffer from alexithymia</p>
<p>You want to be a nice person, right? You don’t want to be thought of as a jerk? So give your own self the consideration you would probably give to others. Give yourself the courtesy and respect to do your work carefully, making sure it is your best. Don’t be a jerk to yourself.</p>
<p>I am tried what all of you advised me to do. And I think that it is working. I am much more relaxed, I take my time, go over the question then over my answer.
Thank You</p>