What if someone told you you’d never be as driven or smart as you are right now?

Part of me would want to tell them they are wrong, but the other part is looking back on myself as I was in college and knows it is true.
I’m not nearly as driven or constantly continuing my education now as I used to be. Sure, I learn new things, develop new interests, and do have all the knowledge I’ve previously amassed vaguely at my fingertips (or at least at the tips of the smart phone and sometimes experience a sense of wonder to research them), but I’m not actively pursing new things, interests, hobbies, and I…