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The 5 Levels of Gifted Children Grown Up: a Longitudinal Study

Deborah Ruf, PhD
9 min readJan 27, 2025

Why gifted children’s adult outcomes vary so much from each other

I want to put an end to a waste of talent and ability that not only hurts individuals but limits all of us. I’m a High Intelligence Specialist. Literally.

I wrote this book over nearly ten years and crammed as much as I could into it. I will share it slowly but surely whether you get the whole book, or read the whole book, or just read bits here. In fact, I’ve written a new book since this one that is designed to zero in on readers who are currently in the “gifted trenches.” I list — and describe it — at the end of this post. It’s shorter and perhaps not as daunting as the Big Yellow Book.

Some people write for fame and profit; I write to share my own hard-won wisdom and give people access to their real selves and their intellectual ability levels and talents. Mostly I write so that bright, smart, and extremely intelligent people can discover more about themselves, their parents, and their children, too. And maybe people who read what I write can see where some things in their lives have simply gone wrong or haven’t panned out for some reason. And I’m not against fame and profit, it’s just not my primary motivation.

Why such a big, long book?

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Deborah Ruf, PhD
Deborah Ruf, PhD

Written by Deborah Ruf, PhD

High Intelligence Specialist & Writer, Dr. Ruf writes about highly intelligent people from birth to very old age. www.fivelevelsofgifted.com

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