I met old friend, we've been friend from elementary school and even now we are still best friends. Meeting old friend reminds me of a lot of memories that I could not have remembered. And I remembered one thing that has insightful implication to know what is needed to be smart.
I think that was class meeting, and we were 11 years old or so. My friend had presentation or expressed his opinion, I am not sure. And one boy argued against him, saying "You are not good at explaining(persuasive)". I felt my friend should be feeling uneasy. But my friend said against that, "It's not I am not persuasive, but you are not able to understand(comprehensive)". He replied critically, and that was inspiring.
The implication here is that being competitive is key to success. If I were in his position at that time, I would shrink. And actually, he is smart and went to one of best school in Japan. And I applied this hypothesis to other phenomenons. And I felt having sense of competition in childhood should be one element that leads individual be smart. Considering the nature of smartness, pride or being one is necessary. Top 20% of people possess 80% of wealth. Smart people have to be different from normal.
Particulary in Japan, the impact of Michael Sandel(Professor of Harvard) implicate emerging importance and awareness of ability of discussing. Push yourself.
