"If you think your IQ is 160 but it's 150, you're a disaster. It's much better to have a 130 IQ and think it's 120."
- Charlie Munger
IQ Matters Less Than You Think
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#12There's supposedly some correlation between high IQ and mood/social disorders. One example article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-news-for-the-...
Perhaps that accounts for some of this.
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#13IQ measures intellectual ability. Intelligence is a necessary, not a sufficient condition for success.
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#14I always tested in the 99th percentile, went to gifted and talented classes, was a merit scholarship semi finalist, etc. I think by any measure I had a high IQ. I also barely graduated high school, flunked out of junior college and spent most of my 20s going to raves instead of accomplishing anything worth while. Meanwhile my sister, who had an utterly average iq by any measure has a masters degree and is a hospital…
Talent without effort will get you nowhere.
Effort without talent will get you somewhere.
Effort with talent will get you anywhere.
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#15“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” ― Calvin Coolidge
Every successful person always ascribes that success to their dominant attribute. And coins an aphorism about it.
- Bryan Rasmussen
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#16“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” ― Calvin Coolidge
Depends in what field. Being persistent will never give you the facial features to become a male model.
you could be the before picture
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#17IQ measures intellectual ability. Intelligence is a necessary, not a sufficient condition for success.
Absolutely. It's not that complicated.
Usain Bolt obviously has incredible sprinting talent. But if he sat around at home playing video games and eating potato chips all day, nobody would expect him to be an amazing sprinter. Everyone knows this.
Yet for some reason there's this weird idea that intelligence without effort can yield results, where the same obviously doesn't apply to any other kind of natural talent. It's strange.
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#18I know plenty of people for whom their high IQ is actually a hindrance rather than a help. So even for them it matters (greatly) but not in a positive way.
The best determinants for being successful, in spite of a high IQ or lack thereof are the ability to focus and to have stamina.
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#19Can someone do a test for willpower/hardwork? I think that would be a useful indicator. I was a B student, but I've accomplished more than A students now that I'm approaching my 30s.
I just started one for you. Now it's up to you to figure out, what has to be done and do it.
Let me know when you think you have finished the test, and we will evaluate it.
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#20“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” ― Calvin Coolidge
> Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
People who persevere but fail are also very common, so this does not prove its claim.