There is often a “middle of the bellcurve” effect where being exactly average means you have the highest possible number of people who think like you do. That

There is often a “middle of the bellcurve” effect where being exactly average means you have the highest possible number of people who think like you do. That has obvious advantages with things like marketing and identifying what people want. Then of course you have a million other traits like work ethic and being a sociopath which can grease the wheels of success.