Most profoundly gifted people don’t want to be “outed” as profoundly gifted because they have been bullied or ostracized for much of their lives because of it.

Most profoundly gifted people don’t want to be “outed” as profoundly gifted because they have been bullied or ostracized for much of their lives because of it. There’s a reason why very high IQ scores don’t correlate to very high success. High IQ is nothing except a certificate you can hang on your wall to brag, hard work is what gets you success.