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Giftedness Creates Psychological Inertia
- Giftedness creates inertia because the brain optimizes for what already works, so intellect becomes the dominant tool.
- That dominance makes other skills (emotional awareness, study habits, identity work) underdeveloped and resistant to change.
Effortless Early Success Hides Missing Skills
- Gifted kids skip building study and practice habits because intellect lets them succeed effortlessly early on.
- That leaves them unprepared when they face tasks that require persistence or technique later in life.
Cognitive Empathy Replaces Emotional Skills
- Gifted people often develop cognitive empathy (reasoning about others) rather than emotional empathy (feeling with others).
- Reliance on reasoning for interpersonal life limits depth in relationships and emotional regulation.