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There’s a big difference between IQ (how smart you are) and EQ (what you can do with it).
EQ is a better measure of potential success, because it measures how well you interact with others, how well you set & achieve goals, etc.
How many geniuses are so socially awkward that they’re essentially complete loners? How many people with Autism or Aspergers have fantastically high IQs?
My brother has always said that I’m way smarter than he is. But he’s the one with the MBA and the solid career with benefits & a very fat paycheque (his Christmas bonus was as much as I made in all of 2011), and with one (soon to be two) published books under his belt. I’m the one whose trail is scattered with the remains of hundreds of unfinished projects.
I think what we need to do is find someone who can do the stuff that we can’t, so that we can just focus on doing what we do so well. This is easy for someone rich, like Richard Branson. For the rest of us, it’s somewhat trickier.
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