Most of the people who have identities based on being smart far underperform their intelligence. Most people who have identities based on any single term under

Most of the people who have identities based on being smart far underperform their intelligence. Most people who have identities based on any single term underperform. I think you'd find that people who live life in a singleminded "athlete" way, or "gamer" way, or on and on, underperform similarly. Possibly they're happy that way, possibly they've just pidgeonholed themselves.