Types of Smart

Ep. 109 Talking to me about her son, a parent recently told me this: "He’s smart in terms of subject knowledge, but I think he could improve in working smarter and being smart about his study." I see this situation a lot and thought it might be interesting - and hopefully helpful - to talk a bit about the word 'smart'. Being smart, feeling smart. Because - what does ‘smart’ really mean? Does it mean clever in a knowledge type way - knowing lots of facts? Like, ‘wow’ they’re so smart. As in so...