Sean Kernan, Son of Quora

Over and over again, I see people in corner offices who, on paper, are of pretty mediocre intelligence.

If they were pitted against you on an academic test, most of you smart Quorans would best them fairly easily.

And you know what?

It means nothing.

The moment you step out of academia and into the office, nothing you did in school matters anymore.

Your SAT score.

Your board rankings.

Your perfect grades.

They evaporate. Gone. They were the price of entry.

Being smart certainly matters. It helps.

But the longer you spend in the business world, the less you’ll see success manifesting itself as a product of smarts.

You’ll someday realize that it was always just a contest of who wanted it the most.

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