I score between 150-160 (top 1%) on most IQ tests, which basically means I have a solid amount of "raw processing power" for spotting details, patterns, consistencies, inconsistencies, etc.
I'm quick to learn and if given sufficient quality input, I will usually make the right decision. I like to invent my own ways of dealing with problems and prefer learning by doing. I'm happy with all that. No problems here.
It's my emotional intelligence that falls short and I suspect this is why so many highly intelligent people fail to really succeed in life. When my emotional self takes control, I can become irrational, impatient, complacent or overly excited or depressed without apparent reason. In these cases I feel like I'm sitting in a technically superb racing car, only I forgot where, why and how to drive.
I'm still working on that.
If anyone knows where to reach a Vulcan, I'd like to know
