There is a baseline IQ level needed to work…

There is 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 Dr. energy attitude, judgment, conviction, and passion.

— from Fuel (Energy)

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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)

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