> behind almost any success in general that ive seen, is a highly intelligent person
This sounds to me like multiple flavors of selection bias, e.g., survivorship bias, confirmation bias, etc.
Have you looked into how many very smart people achieve nothing of significance? There are a lot of them...
> step one: be more intelligent than most people
Studies have shown that founder IQ correllates lower than other factors with business success. (I assume you're talking about IQ, otherwise defining being "smart" to mean do what it takes to be successful is a tautology.)
This sounds to me like multiple flavors of selection bias, e.g., survivorship bias, confirmation bias, etc.
Have you looked into how many very smart people achieve nothing of significance? There are a lot of them...
> step one: be more intelligent than most people
Studies have shown that founder IQ correllates lower than other factors with business success. (I assume you're talking about IQ, otherwise defining being "smart" to mean do what it takes to be successful is a tautology.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2013/11/27/smarts...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140717120528-117825785-what...
http://scientificbrains.com/people-with-higher-iq-makes-more...