Gifted Grownups

Download or read book Gifted Grownups written by Marylou Kelly Streznewski and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-03-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gifted Grownups, Marylou Kelly Streznewski's unprecedented, 10-year study of 100 gifted adults, examines how being identified as a "smart kid" early on affects career choices, friendships, and romantic pairings later in life. Why do some talented and gifted people become Mozarts and Einsteins or corporate chieftains, while others drop out of school, struggle to hold down jobs, or turn to self-destructive behavior? What are the signs of giftedness, its pitfalls, and its promise? Marylou Streznewski provides answers to these and other questions, and creates an intriguing picture of what it is like to have an accelerated mind in a slow-moving world.