Do ‘Intelligent’ People Have a Greater Chance of Success?

Posted on December 6th, 2007.

Have you ever thought to yourself that you’re not smart enough for a high paying job or to start your own business? If you have, then take a read below, because it’s more often than not the ‘less smart’ people that make the lions share of money out there in the market place. 95% of people use the excuse of ‘not being intelligent enough’ as a reason for not rectifying their financial situation and making inroads to a better future. To make matters worse, these types of people never really like to openly admit it, so as a result they suffer in silence. Intelligence isn’t all its cracked up to be, in fact, many ‘intelligent’ people are on an average wage… so how intelligent are they? Hmmm. It’s not about how much intelligence you have, it’s all about how you use the intelligence you do have! As David Schwartz said… “The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.”

For example, Dr Edward Teller, one of Americas foremost physicists, said, “A child does not need a lightning fast mind to be a scientist, nor does he need a miraculous memory, nor is it necessary that he gets very high grades in school. The only point that counts is that the child has a high degree of interest in science.” Yes, interest, enthusiasm is the critical factor in any success, even in science! So forget about being ‘smart’, it has no bearing on your success at all! Put it this way, a person with an IQ of 100 who has a positive attitude, optimistic and proactive will win a lot more respect and make more money than someone with an IQ of 120, but is negative, pessimistic etc. Don’t worry about being ‘intelligent’, because most ‘go-getters’ aren’t intelligent at all, instead they just take action on ideas they are passionate about and usually surpass the income of ‘intelligent’ people in a flash. The other ‘trait’ of intelligent people is they usually wait until everything is right and the situation is perfect to make their move into business (over analyzing). There’s one problem with this ‘no risk’ way of thinking… a situation to start a business will never be perfect…ever. It’s like saying, “We are going to drive from Texas to Colorado, but we aren’t going to leave home until we are sure the car won’t break down, until there are no traffic accidents along the way, until weather map shows blue sky all the way, until all the traffic lights will be green and gas prices are at an all time low”. There is obviously things you can do to reduce the risk, like putting oil and water in the car, but if you forever wait for the perfect moment and over analyze the situation (like most intelligent people do), then you’ll most likely never get a start. My point here is this: Forget about how intelligent you think you are or aren’t, the real test is if you’re going to take action on your ideas and thoughts. If you’re waiting for the ‘exact right time’ to start a business or change a situation that you aren’t happy with, then you’re only kidding yourself. Take action on your ideas and the rest will fall into place, and if you have unexpected hurdles along the way, you’ll almost always find a way around them… guaranteed.

For those of you worried about ‘intelligence’; it has no bearing on your success at all. I personally never went to college, nor did I get good high school grades… but I just went and did what I was passionate about. My #1 passion was flying at the time, so I went and got my pilots license and was flying my friends around the sky’s by age 18. How did I pay for it? I delivered pizzas! I took the action on what I was passionate about first, and then I did whatever it took to pay for it… I found a way! From then on, life and business just got better and better because I quickly developed the discipline of making decisions and acting on them without fear of ‘lack of intelligence’. Would you rather be intelligent and earn $1500 p/week (average income for a professional), or be ‘unintelligent’ like a guy I’m in the throws of doing business with… he bombed school and never went to college, yet earns more than $1000+ p/day in his own business with no staff from home? All he did was act on an idea he had! Who’s the intelligent one in this situation? Hmmmm. Personally, I would always put my money behind a person who has a real genuine passion for their business idea, as opposed to some ‘intelligent person’ with a theory on paper that ‘should work’, no matter what their background is. Don’t over analyze, otherwise you’ll never get a start.

Has anyone experienced this situation and prevailed?Dean

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