“you're always the least smart person in the room you know you need to keep proving yourself and this drives your actual performance.” Give or take locus of co

“you're always the least smart person in the room you know you need to keep proving yourself and this drives your actual performance.” Give or take locus of control and incentives, maybe. Some might think alternatively that it’s better to find a unique niche rather than try to compete where others are apparently more talented. Incentives matter a lot.