Silly things that make smart people

So whether smart people are ideal and safe from stupid things? In fact, there is no difference as far as you are educated, because even the smartest person there as much as a list of stupid things, he regularly performs in his life.

Founder «Sawhorse» LeeSemel technology company shared its list of stupid things that tend to make smart people.

Ignoring the importance of design and style

When released the iPod, technicians complained about the lack of features in it, and too high a price. Meanwhile, people lined up for the novelty of the convenience and ease of use of this particular player.

Pride for the use of the terrible instruments

Most often this occurs among programmers, who are proud of the fact that the use of programming languages ​​and word processors without a hint of design and updates from the 1970s. They believe that the super-complex commands and processes - it is a matter of pride, not a waste of time. I'm not here to allocate specific programming languages ​​and tools, so as not to provoke pointless discussions and debates.

Follow up and

Often, many smart people are followers, not thinking about what might create something new and unique. Probably due to the fact that they spent a lot of time and effort, achieving academic success in an already established environment. The best graduates of top schools are trying to settle in the same areas where they have been successful in study time, so they believe that they need to achieve what others expect from them, not paying attention to their own desires.

Inability to develop social skills

Often smart people focus on a narrow circle of their own interests and will never understand that the most important thing is always done through communication with other people. They never try to improve their communication skills, not learning networking, they do not know how to sell themselves, and often criticized those who stand out in their field with their success.

Focusing on their own right

Many smart people behave as if the rightness - a trump card, which they have, and if the others know that they are wrong, it will be a different attitude towards them. They also often believe that they can change the opinions of others with the help of arguments, ignoring the fact, how people behave irrationally when it comes to decision-making.

opinionated

Sometimes smart people believe that if they are experts in their field, it will automatically become the same in other areas in which they know nothing. The result is often deplorable. For example, doctors are bad investors.

Underestimating the effort and practice

Smart people, many things come easily and effortlessly. They are accustomed to receiving praise for what they do well, and because of this are often deliberately avoid things where they can not achieve results worthy of praise. As a result, they believe that if something does not work, it means "this is not your", and just throw it in the dustbin. Over time, it increases the likelihood that these people are behind their peers because they do not develop a natural talent and learning new things.

Sverhkonkurentsiya

Every market has a lot of smart people, worthy of the highest awards. However, only some of them can reach the highest rank, enter the list of the top general manager or become a professor of humanities. And as a result, they just compete with each other, oblivious to other areas where they can achieve the same success. They find it difficult to go beyond and to be flexible. And all that remains - this is a bitter struggle.

Compare your achievements with the achievements of others

Smart people tend to compare your performance to your colleagues, friends or even strangers to the adjacent sphere or of the same age. And often this comparison and the desire to be better than the other comes to absurdity. For example, torment yourself the question, "If I did not succeed in their 20s, then if I do succeed in your life?" Or "Am I a failure if I take not become a billionaire in his 30s? And in the 40? ".

Exaggerating the value of information

Often smart people love to read and can digest a lot of information on any subject. They read everything that catches the eye of their interests in mind, not missing a sentence. Of course, there are many valuable and useful information that should be paid attention to, but at the same time, viewing vast amounts of information in the network can become a waste of time. It turns into a collection of information, without any action.

Elitism

Smart people often consider education and human wit the main value. As a result, they do not understand people who are different from them. For example, when a professor at Yale University found something to talk about with your plumber.

Regardless of the fact that this list is the subjective opinion of Lee, I personally found most of these facts, many friends, and at the same. :-) This means that there is something to strive for and something to work on.

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