Intelligence by itself doesn't get you very far. You need perseverance, courage, drive and many other things to succeed.
And if you don't want to end up like Bill Gates, you also need virtue.
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One of the most successful people I know is not very high in most cognitive or social categories. He is persistent and curious, that’s basically it.
Perseverance is really the make or break of intelligent people
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💯🎯 a person needs perseverance and courage to succeed. Majority of people have enough IQ to be successful but they lack the other two.
I've seen this play out time and again over the years.
A hard lesson to learn when you are used to being smarter than most everyone
Courage is rarer than intelligence
Know many smart people who lead unhappy and unfulfilling lives stuck in society’s tropes, and lots of left curve folks who accomplish a ton and are happy and hard working.
