IQ is not the most important factor in determining success. Other factors such as Moral Intelligence, Body Intelligence and EQ tend to be more predictive of success. Almost 85% of financial success is determined by your personality, negotiation and communications skills.
Full article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/keldjensen/2012/04/12…
"It doesn’t matter if you did not receive the best academic training from a top university. A person with less education who has fully developed their EQ, MQ, and BQ can be far more successful than a person with an impressive education who falls short in these other categories.
Yes, it is certainly good to be an intelligent, rational thinker and have a high IQ; this is an important asset. But you must realize that it is not enough. Your IQ will help you personally, but EQ, MQ, and BQ will benefit everyone around you as well. If you can master the complexities of these unique and often under-rated forms of intelligence, research tells us you will achieve greater success and be regarded as more professionally competent and capable."
What do you guys think, is this true? If so, why do IBs put so much emphasis on the "right" school and grades?
None of them are real things.
i have been running my own taxi/limo service for about two years and have been doing very well (growing rapidly). i don't by any means have a high IQ level. I don't think you need to have an high IQ to become successful, just great business/sales acumen with an idea/purpose.
I really think success is just a matter of self discipline and perseverance. Most people know what they need to do to succeed, but most arent willing to make the sacrifices necessary to do it.
"No one who can rise before dawn 360 days a year fails to make his family rich." -Chinese proverb
I think rich might be a relative term in this case. Pretty sure a lot of blue collar workers are up at 5 and their families are just getting by.
Well yea - it's a proverb, not a positive statement.
Yes I agree with with both elements. Perseverance is a matter of drive, you either have it or you don't and self-discipline can be developed. The question in this case is; how can you develop self-discipline quickly.
I'm sure there are people who are very talented but have no discipline and fail to reach the top of business (if that would be their goal). I once got told by a professor that recruiters prefer people who have the self discipline and are able to work for long periods of time instead of talented people who have no drive since good grades have come naturally to them without much effort.
These quotes summed it up pretty well to your question about IQ, EQ and etc. To me it is just one word, "Grit" defined as: firmness of mind or spirit : unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger.
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” ~ Calvin Coolidge
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” ~ Teddy Roosevelt
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