0009: Why Aren’t Really Smart People Always More Successful?

well hey they’re here all question why
do you think it is that the most
successful people in our society aren’t
necessarily the smartest people in our
society let me ask that a different way
why aren’t smart people more successful
well it turns out there’s one thing they
need to do that maybe they aren’t doing
and we’ll talk about what that is in
this episode of the vo heroes podcast so
you see it all the time people that are
not the smartest sharpest tools in the
shed would however you want to describe
them they somehow have these amazing
careers they’re successful and they’re
happy and they’re popular and they have
you know a great family and a great
friend base and and they’re famous who
knows but you look at them and you go
they don’t seem to me to be the really
smart in terms of you know the how we
would look at intelligence or we would
look at at real brilliance right but
they somehow are successful and there’s
a reason for that it’s not just the
smarts it’s not just the intelligence
it’s not just the resources that you
bring to bear in terms of knowledge when
it comes to accomplishing something it
boils down to one very specific thing
that when you hear it you’re gonna go oh
yeah well you know but it’s the truth
and that thing is hard work persistence
stick-to-itiveness that’s what makes
them successful it’s really helpful if
you’re smart it’s really helpful if you
have a lot of great knowledge and you
have a lot of preparation but it’s even
more important for you to stick to what
you’re doing to be persistent in terms
of acquiring the information that you
need or the experience that you need it
can make up for even more than not being
so aware or intelligent or bright about
something or learning about something
you know there’s a difference between
experienced and intelligent so when you
think about the
fact that the people that you look to
for inspiration and advice and to be a
model to them it doesn’t matter how
smart they are it really doesn’t what
matters is how persistent and how hard
they work I’m telling you it makes all
the difference in the world and so if
you have a self perception of all gosh I
don’t I don’t have the brains for this
tech tech I don’t get tech I don’t get
you know microphones I don’t understand
you know storytelling I think you do
maybe you don’t understand it as well as
somebody else does maybe you’ll
understand it better than somebody else
does are our minds play all kinds of
tricks on us when we start to judge
ourselves but knowing that no matter
where you are on the stanford-binet
scale of IQ which is a whole other video
about how that’s BS but no matter where
you find yourself on that scale or how
you perceive yourself you can always
make a difference by working harder and
by working consistently and persistently
it makes all the difference in the world
and if those people who were so darn
smart would just work a little harder
this world would be a better place they
would be more successful and we wouldn’t
be having this conversation
but we are and I would love for you to
tell me what your thoughts are on this
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