Intelligence is both Fluid and Crystallised

British psychologist Raymond Cattell introduced the concepts of fluid and crystallized intelligence in the early 1940s.

Over 45? Feeling increasingly irrelevant at work?

I recently read a wonderful long essay in The Atlantic by Arthur Brooks entitled:

“Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think”

Depressed yet?

Well, within this in-depth and thought-provoking article, let me today highlight one area where awareness of what it says may actually give you cause for great optimism.

Intelligence is both Fluid and Crystallised

When we feel pessimistic and even depressed, often it is due to feeling a lack of choice to change either our circumstances or how we relate to them.

As Frankl would say:

“Between Stimulus and Response There Is a Space.
In That Space Is Our Power To Choose Our Response”