Single most important factor in success is not intelligence
Summary
- A high IQ or intelligence does not have much bearing on success. More important is how much self-discipline we bring to our tasks
Details
- There is no correlation between high IQ and academic success.
- A superior IQ will not prevent you from failing
- How much self-discipline applied to tasks is far more important than IQ
References
- How to Take Smart Notes - One Simple Technique to Boost Writing Learning and Thinking - Sonke Ahrens
- Duckworth and Seligman, 2005; Tangney, Baumeister, and Boone, 2004
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- If you are the smartest one in the room, you are in the wrong room - Richard Tirendi
- Success a product of habit more than skill
- Not special brilliance but good qualities lead to success - Theodore Roosevelt
- What is a succesful life - Ralph Waldo Emerson