Challenges of High Intelligence and Listening to Diverse Perspectives

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Exploring the drawbacks of intelligence, such as overconfidence and dismissiveness towards others' ideas, and how it can impede listening to valuable insights from all sources. Emphasizing the need to stay open-minded to the best ideas regardless of the source, with examples from diverse fields and a humorous Seinfeld reference.

Mae West said, “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” That might be true for some things – health, happiness, golden retrievers, maybe.

But in so many cases the thing that helps you can be taken to a dangerous level. And since it’s a “good thing,” not an obvious threat, its danger creeps into your life unnoticed.

Take intelligence.

How could someone possibly be too intelligent? How do you get to a point where you realize you could have been more successful if you had been a little dumber?

Let me share three reasons why.

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