They don't talk as much as you, because they know they got smart by listening.
They know lots of things other than what they're specialized in. Theirs is the gift of a broad mind, constantly fed with the stimulant of being interested in what everyone else is doing.
They juggle home, work and personal interests with dexterity and never fall back on the tired old refrain
They probably do social media. Not always, but probably. It is not only another chance to listen, but one they use to ensure they can feed their brains with things they otherwise wouldn't have come across.
Even when things go very badly wrong, they'll be smiling. Smart people never get ruffled because their smart brains present them with alternatives faster than the bad stuff can happen.
They know they are usually the smartest person in the room, but they don't spend their time dwelling on that. Instead, they take it as a personal challenge to see if they can make everyone else the smartest person in the room too.
If they are managers, they will make every effort to get people smarter, more connected and more popular than them in their teams. They're not threatened because they know that smartness is synergistic. They also make sure that their smart people get to look smarter than them for the same reason.
They have hidden skills that never get rolled out until they're needed. They don't have any need to show their full capabilities for reasons of proving they're better than others.
They may or may not have expensive educations. You'd never know, just by being with them unless you had their CV in front of you.
They never, ever, under any circumstances, make you look stupid, even though it would be easy to do so. They've learnt through bitter experience that the only thing that happens when you make someone look bad is you look bad yourself.
相关单词：specialized
specialized解释：adj.专门的，专业化的
specialized例句：
There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。
相关单词：stimulant
stimulant解释：n.刺激物，兴奋剂
stimulant例句：
It is used in medicine for its stimulant quality.由于它有兴奋剂的特性而被应用于医学。
Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
相关单词：juggle
juggle解释：v.变戏法，纂改，欺骗，同时做；n.玩杂耍，纂改，花招
juggle例句：
If you juggle with your accounts,you'll get into trouble.你要是在帐目上做手脚，你可要遇到麻烦了。
She had to juggle her job and her children.她得同时兼顾工作和孩子。
相关单词：dexterity
dexterity解释：n.(手的)灵巧，灵活
dexterity例句：
You need manual dexterity to be good at video games.玩好电子游戏手要灵巧。
I'm your inferior in manual dexterity.论手巧，我不如你。
相关单词：juggling
juggling解释：n. 欺骗, 杂耍(=jugglery) adj. 欺骗的, 欺诈的 动词juggle的现在分词
juggling例句：
He was charged with some dishonest juggling with the accounts. 他被指控用欺骗手段窜改账目。
The accountant went to prison for juggling his firm's accounts. 会计因涂改公司的帐目而入狱。
相关单词：simultaneously
simultaneously解释：adv.同时发生地，同时进行地
simultaneously例句：
The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
相关单词：perfectly
perfectly解释：adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
perfectly例句：
The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
相关单词：serenely
serenely解释：adv.安详地，宁静地，平静地
serenely例句：
The boat sailed serenely on towards the horizon.小船平稳地向着天水交接处驶去。
It was a serenely beautiful night.那是一个宁静美丽的夜晚。
相关单词：ruffled
ruffled解释：adj. 有褶饰边的, 起皱的 动词ruffle的过去式和过去分词
ruffled例句：
She ruffled his hair affectionately. 她情意绵绵地拨弄着他的头发。
All this talk of a strike has clearly ruffled the management's feathers. 所有这些关于罢工的闲言碎语显然让管理层很不高兴。
相关单词：dwelling
dwelling解释：n.住宅，住所，寓所
dwelling例句：
Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
相关单词：capabilities
capabilities解释：n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力
capabilities例句：
He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自
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