there's a baseline IQ level needed to work at…
Page 182 there's a baseline IQ level needed to work at my firm, but I don't need rocket scientist. After that, what best predicts your success in my world is drive, energy, attitude, judgment, conviction, and passion. And an ability to cut to the center of an issue. I trade another 20 IQ points for those qualities any day
— from Fuel (Energy)
In the book
Here is the part that should reorder your sense of what matters. There is a baseline of raw intelligence needed for any hard work, but past that floor, what best predicts whether a person succeeds is not more IQ — it is energy and desire. Talent fills the seats; energy flies the plane. — Fuel (Energy)
Also belongs to
- The Mind in the Cockpit
- Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)
- Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion)