Learn to sell.
Find something tracked for exponential growth and figure the way to be a part of it. Someone, for instance, leads growth for MoneyPoint—that, for a relatable example, is the kind of salesmanship i’m talking about. So, you should perhaps spend most of your time trying to build a train or being the director of a moving one.
It is also important to learn to productize yourself and be able to sell your ideas. Raw IQ is great, but average out the world's leaders and greatest builders, and you’d immediately see its overratedness.
It is always convenient to think otherwise, but the world has always had a tendency to reward great articulation over sheer volume of brilliance. and as much as i would prefer otherwise, i don’t believe it'd change anytime soon. or that it ever will.
i am myself ridiculously brilliant, so I definitely am not saying you should neglect it. What i am pontificating at, though, is that the truth you know is almost never the one that sets you free— but the one you do.
think. think again.