Website review: Just being smart isnt enough if you...
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•22 reviews since Dec 26, 2006
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cariofthevalley discovered 19 months ago- Thank you thank you thank you Paul for articulating something I've had on the tip of my tongue for months and have not been able to express so concisely.
- Rogan rated 17 months ago
- "If you behave in a way that says reality should conform to your wishes simply because you've read a book or two, you're likely to be disappointed. The world doesn't care how smart, or how good at arguing you are. It will continue on its merry old way, brushing you aside if necessary, regardless of your 150+ IQ. If you've come to the conclusion you're so intelligent that the regular rules don't count, then you're setting yourself up for failure. Eat a bit of humble pie and step down from your self-constructed pedestal to have a look at the world, for a change." Maybe some people are just smart enough to understand that financial wealth is less important than emotional wealth. Who would you rather be, Ghandi or Bush? (I admit that Ghandi's kinda losing, in that he's somewhat dead) Anyway, it strikes me that this guy's got a tiny e-Penis.
- Peu rated 17 months ago
- Haven't people accepted that there are many types of intelligence? Autism practically proves this. A good mathematician may simply not have social based intelligence in dealing with people and fail miserably at getting a job. He can count, sure, but that's obviously irrelevant. One may also be hopelessly inarticulate, unable to get their brilliant ideas across, while somone with few ideas may sell those few extremely well.
- thestokershow rated 17 months ago
- While he points out that smart people "look down on others", he steps into the territory of looking down on others. Maybe he's a smart person?
- Alzorn rated 17 months ago
- Well, yeah, sort of bleeding obvious, but still well articulated. The main things in being successful financially: Asshole-ism, ass kissing, or a very unlikely combination of resourcefulness, luck, and luck. Being successful as a human being, however, requires one thing: Not being an asshole. At least, as far as I can figure. The only thing one shouldn't tolerate is intolerance. But I digress.
- judolphin rated 17 months ago
- Not too bad... but you know, a lot of success is LUCK. And yeah, duh, intelligence isn't enough. But it doesn't hurt as much as this man would have ya think, in my opinion.
- TimAbbott rated 17 months ago
- Being "smart" often means that you know what's happening to you, both good and bad. Likewise, being "smart" often means that you know what you're doing to another, good and bad. If a requisite for being "smart" was the ability to recognize, for example, that in order for one person to be rich, many others must be less rich, or even poor. For the smart person, that might be a reason not to pursue any more riches than necessary. Perhaps, even, we might need a definition of "smart" which excluded the excessively successful as drags on the rest of us.
- cliemac rated 17 months ago
- I would agree and further it by adding, there is no sure thing. As a human adaptation should be the norm.
- dreamwalker007 rated 17 months ago
- I'm the most humble person in the world, so I don't have to listen to this ;) Seriously, though, everyone should keep this in mind.
- Marcus-Lycus rated 18 months ago
- So true. I cannot believe the number of people I have encountered who completely waste their talent. I have to fight hard to get my mind past the envy.
- So true. I cannot believe the number of people I have encountered who completely waste their talent. I have to fight hard to get my mind past the envy.
