Author has written about this subject in a peculiar and roundabout way. All he is saying is that being intelligent isn't enough: become known for putting your i

Author has written about this subject in a peculiar and roundabout way. All he is saying is that being intelligent isn't enough: become known for putting your intelligence to work, producing results, and being easy/good to work with. If people call you intelligent first, they are probably unable to say anything better about you. For that proposition I think we can ignore the few people who, by virtue of having ther genius manifested in the world already, do sometimes get called out for their intelligence.