Sensei’s Advice Sensei, how do I get smarter? Son, my Vietnamese student suddenly popped that question while we were having our usual evening drive around town. My quick answer was hang around people smarter than you and that requires humility that you do not know it all. Just be with smart people and suck in all that knowledge you can get from them. He was quick to follow up, ‘what makes them smart?’ That got me thinking. ...