I bet you’re an intelligent person.
Experienced, read up on important things like business and self-improvement and people and so on.
But, everything has a flipside. Each boon comes with an Achilles’ heel built in.
And where it comes to intelligence, it turns out that it puts you at risk of making unwise decisions – or, as researches like to call it: dysrationality.
For example, intelligent people are more prone to fall victim to the gambler’s fallacy – thinking that if a coin toss gives tails ten times, #11 will also be tails, for example.
And, people who score high on cognitive tests often have more trouble seeing their own flaws, which makes sense, because:
If we’re intelligent, then logically our thoughts and decisions and plans are correct. Right?
Except, no.
Intelligence enables you to see a bigger picture, to connect dots, to see opportunities others don’t.
But because it makes you automatically believe that you’ve got it right, it’s very easy to make unwise or unsmart decisions.
For example, if you’re currently getting traction with a particular promotional campaign, it might make sense to ad in advertising.
Got results, let’s get more!
Sure. But placing ads is extremely costly – both financially, as well as cognitively.
So you’d rob time and energy from something that’s working, in order to start something that you need to figure out.
Not wise, not smart.
This is why intelligent people so often get stuck.
And, it’s why intelligent – and smart! – people put checks and balances in place, to make sure their intelligence doesn’t lead them astray.
So, are you intelligent – and you want to be wise as well…
Meaning, you want to outsmart your intelligence?
Then get yourself strategic accountability coaching: I’ll be there weekly on Zoom, and daily by email, to make sure you choose the smart and intelligent projects and activities to work on.
More information here: http://martinstellar.com/strategic-accountability-coaching
Cheers,
Martin
