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Honestly, being smart is overrated. Granted, it's better than being dumb, but being hard working, having social skills, being at the right time at the right pla

Honestly, being smart is overrated. Granted, it's better than being dumb, but being hard working, having social skills, being at the right time at the right place, having grit, having a head start in life (money, status, etc), looking attractive, having stamina, having an upbeat personality, all offer often as good or better deals and/or less downsides. Smart is like a spice, it's great to add to something good to make it better. But it can't be the main thing.

FinanceAnon 5y ago
I agree. I see being smart as the ability to learn some things quickly. However, you have to apply this in the right way and that's why other character traits are important - such as wisdom, kindness, patience. If being "smart" is someone's main personality trait, I think they might miss out on the bigger picture.
ozim 5y ago
Any of the traits listed is overrated on its own. You want to have a good enough mix but I would say, scoring high on any 3 of those should give nice results. People boast about need to be hard working, having grit or how easy everything comes for attractive people. Then there is a lot of people who focus on their strengths too much. Like if one is attractive already focusing on improving that will not bring much more to his life. Improving on hard working while being attractive that is going to bring some serious results. Improving on social skills while being hard working the same. Just mix up some third trait and see how much one can achieve. Of course one cannot work on "being at the right time at the right place" directly - but other traits if worked on can bring opportunities so like having better social skills can open some doors or make new friends that will have different connections. I would even say that having 2 of those traits high can bring "being in the right time at the right place" into reality.

FinanceAnon 5y ago

I agree. I see being smart as the ability to learn some things quickly. However, you have to apply this in the right way and that's why other character traits are important - such as wisdom, kindness, patience. If being "smart" is someone's main personality trait, I think they might miss out on the bigger picture.

ozim 5y ago

Any of the traits listed is overrated on its own. You want to have a good enough mix but I would say, scoring high on any 3 of those should give nice results. People boast about need to be hard working, having grit or how easy everything comes for attractive people. Then there is a lot of people who focus on their strengths too much. Like if one is attractive already focusing on improving that will not bring much more to his life. Improving on hard working while being attractive that is going to bring some serious results. Improving on social skills while being hard working the same. Just mix up some third trait and see how much one can achieve. Of course one cannot work on "being at the right time at the right place" directly - but other traits if worked on can bring opportunities so like having better social skills can open some doors or make new friends that will have different connections. I would even say that having 2 of those traits high can bring "being in the right time at the right place" into reality.