Sometimes we simply know. We simply know what is to be done to handle a situation. We are completely in sync and are fully aware of another person. How did we know that we know?....we may or may not know.

A person's Insightful, Intuitive or the Innate understanding of a certain situation/scenario/person - Conceptuality - as I would like to call it.

A person's conceptuality on someone or something is function of his or her experience and/or genetics.

Clearly, if you have spend a great deal of time with someone, after a point in time you begin to sense how that person might react to certain stimuli. In conversation you end up completing his/her sentences even before he/she does. This is in essence conceptuality as a result of experience. So while you may not be born salesman, if you have spend about 5-8years in the field, at the end of it, you intuitively know how to sell, what clicks, what works and what doesnt.


Conceptuality as a function of genetics is debatable. We have all, based on empirical observation, at some point of time or the other would have observed certain people having a command over certain subjects and situations for as long as we've known them. Some are born mathematicians. Some by nature are very good at handling people. Some we've felt are born sportsmen/women. In several cases I have observed that either or both parents or ancestors have to some extent been involved in the field where the person is seen to be displaying conceptuality. Perhaps either or both parents or his/her ancestors themselves would have displayed conceptuality in the field.

Conceptuality in a person is not binary in nature. One has to develop one's conceptuality. First one must recognise one has it. On recognition, one may choose to develop it. What helps a person develop his/her conceptuality is a function of genetics, environment and self. You may realise you are a good sportsman. You may want to develop it. But your parents may not agree, your academic pressure takes away most of your time etc. Clearly, the environment here will not allow you to develop your conceptuality.

A superior example that comes to my mind in illustrating conceptuality in a person and the role of genetics, experience and environment is the case of Donald Trump.

Donald J. Trump is the very definition of the American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence while expanding his interests in real estate, gaming, sports, and entertainment.

If you go through the hyperlink above, one can clearly see that part of his conceptuality was inherited from his father who too was into small time real estate. But it was the experential learning and the conducive enviroment throughout this younger years that enabled him to develop his conceptuality to a level that was unsurpassed.


At the end of the day it is important to understand what one is conceptual at. Whether one chooses to develop it or not is one's prerogative. Atleast choice made should be an informed one.