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Why Kind People Are Often the Smartest of All
According to experts, there’s a strong link between kindness and intelligence. Being able to stand in someone else’s shoes, understand them, and care for them is not a weakness, but perhaps the strongest trait of all which also keeps your brain healthy.
Bright Side truly believes in the power of kindness and would like to expand on why kind people are often the smartest of all.
Kind people have healthier brains.
According to research done by famous neuroscientist Richard Davidson, kindness makes brains healthy. Teaching kids and adolescents to be kind can increase their academic performance and emotional well-being.
They have great emotional and social skills.
Just having a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re a genius. Understanding others and having empathy is actually more important. It has been noted that emotional intelligence is more powerful than general intelligence. Kind people understand emotions well and, as a result, are able to connect with others and themselves easily.
They deeply think about their actions and consequences.
Listening to others and wanting to cooperate is something that people with a high emotional intelligence do. Kind people are also better at decision making, as they are able to predict other people’s emotions and behaviors.
They make the world a better place.
It costs nothing to be nice, but small acts of kindness go a long way! Even though someone might help others without wanting to receive anything back, it benefits both people involved. According to a study, the “warm glow of kindness” is real and it activates the reward network of our brains, making us feel extremely happy and satisfied.
It is probably easier to turn a blind eye to everything and only care about yourself. It takes courage and a huge heart to take time to help others. Being kind is not being weak, it is what our world needs desperately today. Call up your grandparents, ask an old friend how he’s doing, make a stranger smile. Treat others how you’d like to be treated!
Do you agree that kindness and intelligence flow together? What do you do to make others happy?
Comments
and I think that this article say that only some people are smart, and the other one are stupid
I agree
I believe it's focused on how an act of kindness is actually not just a good but also a smart think to do ;)
are u sure??
Hey, so many days since we've spoken, how's it going in Croatia
haha, great
corona is almost dead?
Wow! At my place in India, there's so much of corona, it's 3 months that one stepped out of my ?
omg
What's the time there?
now is 12.39
Here it is 8:27 pm
Hi, my friend all the way from Croatia
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hey Faust, what is your problem? u dislike all my comment?
Yeah, he or she only disliked your comment, not mine
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hey Prateeksha, thanks
My pleasure
And Our Peace of Mind is the most important success of all. Bianca (Romania)
From my point of View, Our Peace of Mind can ne reached by life experiences. Bianca ? - Romania
I love the people featured inside! Just from the looks of their face, Emilia Clarke is one of my favourite actors :)
I like ed Sheeran
Hello! I totally agree that Kind People Are Ofen the Smartest of All! (Bianca ? - from Romania )
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