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Dec 13, 2016 ● Kate Lopaze
Why Your Attitude is More Important Than Your Intelligence, According to a Stanford Study
Sometimes it seems like the most successful people must be the smartest ones in the room—after all, how else would they have achieved that level? And how can you compete if you’re not a double major in French and biology at an Ivy League school, with a minor in rocket science?
The reality is that those traditional hallmarks of intelligence and success don’t mean as much to your career as you might think (no offense to you French-speaking biologists in Harvard sweatshirts). In reality, your IQ may not mean as much to your career trajectory as the motivation and attitude you bring to your job.