Comments on: Characteristics of Gifted Adults – Overview

By: Gifted Adults Difficulty Knowing Whether to Alter Environment or Themselves — gifteduniverse.com

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:22:34 +0000

[...] a community, where moderation of ‘gifted behaviours’ is not necessary. If one is a gifted adult, finding a way to adapt in a way acceptable to the majority, is probably helpful. Particularly [...]

By: Gifted Adult and the Failure to Achieve Potential — gifteduniverse.com

Gifted Adult and the Failure to Achieve Potential — gifteduniverse.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:20:53 +0000

[...] think ‘laziness’ is also related to the gifted characteristic of needing to understand the meaning of a task – for a lot of us, if the meaning is not [...]

By: Gifted Adults Failure to Reach Potential and Lack of Achievement — gifteduniverse.com

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:08:39 +0000

[...] Elisa on October 7, 2009 Not working to your potential. How often have many gifted adults encountered that phrase in their life? How often do gifted adults say that to themselves? I [...]

By: Gifted Label - good or bad and pro and con — gifteduniverse.com

Gifted Label - good or bad and pro and con — gifteduniverse.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:54:04 +0000

[...] of the problems with a label like ‘gifted adult’ is that people use labels so that the person IS the label. In his article The Pathologizing of a [...]

By: Families and gifted adults - Dan Hill — gifteduniverse.com

Families and gifted adults - Dan Hill — gifteduniverse.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:46:47 +0000

[...] gifted adults have gifted families. Not all of us but most of us. The impact of growing up surrounded by [...]

By: Career and Work Advice for the Gifted Adult — gifteduniverse.com

Career and Work Advice for the Gifted Adult — gifteduniverse.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:45:48 +0000

[...] advice contrary, pragmatic and practical and I think his approach is particularly relevant to gifted adults at [...]

By: Why Gifted Adults Are Reluctant To Identify Themselves As Gifted | gifteduniverse.com

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:06:45 +0000

[...] on Thursday, October 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment In an earlier post I asked: why are gifted adults reluctant to identify themselves as gifted? Douglas Eby, on his site Talent Development [...]

By: Introversion-Extraversion and a Romantic Gifted Partnership | gifteduniverse.com

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:25:30 +0000

[...] my partner suggested I write about what it’s like to be in a relationship with a gifted adult. I’m guessing this was a result of my exasperating him in some way and he wished he had a [...]

By: Gifted Adults - Why You Should Stop Thinking | gifteduniverse.com

Gifted Adults - Why You Should Stop Thinking | gifteduniverse.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:23:03 +0000

[...] by Elisa on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 · 3 Comments The mind of a gifted adult runs constantly at full speed. Since we don’t know first hand what it’s like to be [...]

By: Gifted Adults - Characteristics - Perfectionism | gifteduniverse.com

Gifted Adults - Characteristics - Perfectionism | gifteduniverse.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:18:01 +0000

[...] well as how perfectionism affects gifted children. There is less written about perfectionism in gifted adults, however, it is likely that the theories about gifted children can be extrapolated. Lynda [...]