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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