> but that they manage to achieve in spite of the rest of us This is a very important factor. Whatever things these geniuses brought to the world, were not se

> but that they manage to achieve in spite of the rest of us This is a very important factor. Whatever things these geniuses brought to the world, were not self-evident to other people. The geniuses not only had to come up with their ideas, but (maybe even more importantly) "sell" those ideas to others. It is very hard to convince others to even pay attention to new ideas, it's even harder to get them to adopt them.