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Me too, Michael. Plenty of intelligent people are in business and politics, and they have the added advantage of actually knowing what they are doing in their circumstances. I will tell you a parable: I never was interested in playing games much, including chess. Sometimes I would play, but I would never really study the game, I just knew the basic rules. I knew that there were things to learn, but I figured that intelligence would compensate for lack of acquired skills, and it did, up to a point. Still, sometimes I would lose to people so obviously intellectually inferior that I would be bothered. Finally, a fellow who was quite skilled explained to me some of the basic principles of strategy, and it turned out that I had completely underestimated the depth of my ignorance of the game. Just a few pointers, and my game improved immeasurably. I realized, at that point, how important it was just to get the basic skills needed for various tasks, and how those skills did not just come into one's head spontaneously.I realized that it was fair and square, not strange, when people who might not be as smart, but knew chess a lot better, beat me.... |
