Book Smart | Street Smart | and | Business Smart
Book smart, street smart and business smart. Book smart Simply put, a person who has book smarts is someone who is intelligent and well educated academically. The stereotype of a book-smart individual is someone from an upper-class socioeconomic upbringing, well educated, but less knowledgeable and capable when it comes to handling important or immediate decisions in practical situations common to everyday life or “the streets”—but in our case, the field. The stereotype of a book-smart person is someone who deals with ordinary but challenging situations (especially bad or difficult ones) only from an intellectual point of view by basing their decisions strictly on available facts, accumulated knowledge, or personal insights primarily obtained from an educational environment. Street Smart In a perfect world, no one would have to be street smart. We'd all be able to walk alone in strange cities, or casually stroll home after parties without a care. But, for many reasons, this i...
