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How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed?
- Entrepreneurship: Assuming you know what the most important metric is for your business, what makes the biggest difference is focusing on that metric every day. Once you cross the basic threshold of knowing what to work on, the most important thing is continuing to work on that one thing and not something else.
from How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed? by James Clear
Andy Spector added 2y ago
- Threshold Theory in Everyday Life
from How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed? by James Clear
Andy Spector added 2y ago
- Although many people continue to equate intelligence with genius, a crucial conclusion from Terman’s study is that having a high IQ is not equivalent to being highly creative. An IQ of 120, indicating that someone is very smart but not exceptionally so, is generally considered sufficient for creative genius.”
from How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed? by James Clear
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- Rather, there is a minimum threshold of intelligence that you need to have, and after that it comes down to a lot of deliberate practice, putting in your reps, and developing your skill set.
from How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed? by James Clear
Andy Spector added 2y ago
- The surprising discovery that came out of Terman's study is best described by creativity researcher and physician, Nancy Andreasen as Threshold Theory…
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Andy Spector added 2y ago
- We often think that the reason we aren't succeeding is because we haven't found the right strategy or because we weren't born with the right talents.
from How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed? by James Clear
Andy Spector added 2y ago
- How smart do you have to be to succeed? How intelligent do you need to be to become a successful entrepreneur? How good does your training program need to be to become an elite athlete? How perfect does your weight loss program need to be to burn fat?
from How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed? by James Clear
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- Writing: Assuming you understand the core principles of writing and the basics of grammar, what determines your ability to write well more than anything else is writing a lot. Once you reach the threshold of writing a decent sentence, the thing that leads to success is writing more.
from How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed? by James Clear
Andy Spector added 2y ago
- To summarize, the study started with the smartest group of children in the entire state of California and then tracked their success throughout their entire lives. Decades later, the researchers had discovered something very interesting.
from How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed? by James Clear
Andy Spector added 2y ago