Street smart people are focused on learning how to do things. Both are trying to become better problem-solvers by increasing their knowledge. Book smart people learn from the experience of others. Knowledge sourceĪs mentioned above, the knowledge source for street smart people is the pool of their own experiences. Let’s list out the main differences between street and book smart people: 1. Book smartness is second-hand knowledge gained while you sit comfortably on a chair or sofa. Street smartness is gaining first-hand knowledge by being in the trenches and getting your hands dirty. Book smart people gain knowledge from others’ experiences, documented in books, lectures, courses, and so forth. Street smart people gain knowledge from their own experiences. Where they differ is how they predominantly gain knowledge. Both street smart and book smart people are trying to achieve the same thing- an increase in knowledge to become better problem-solvers. It follows that the more knowledge you have, the smarter you will be. Hence, knowledge or understanding is essential for problem-solving. Or, at least, learning enough to be able to solve the problem. Knowing the pieces is all about learning everything you can about the nature of the problem. When you know about these pieces, you can then ‘play around’ around with those pieces to solve the problem. Like a puzzle, a problem has pieces you absolutely need to know about. In a previous article on overcoming challenges, I said that we could best think about problem-solving using the analogy of puzzles. What determines how well we’re able to solve a problem? You’re smart in my book if you’re good at solving problems, especially complex ones. No matter how you slice and dice it, smartness boils down to problem-solving. I won’t bore you with all the definitions. Smartness or intelligence can be defined in several ways.
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