A short motivational monologue (YouTube) arguing that perceived intelligence can be a liability because people who think they already know everything avoid trying; instead, embracing failure and repeated attempts is presented as the practical path to learning and eventual success. The speaker emphasizes that frequent failure produces learning which compounds into achievement.
The curse of intelligence. Right. And that when you aren't incredibly smart and you don't think you know it all, you've got nothing to lose. That's right. All you have to do is just go out there and try, try, try, try. And you end up probably exceeding your expectations and other people's expectations, as opposed to feeling like you are stupid or look stupid because you've achieved so much in life that people expect you to succeed. And even then, if you're one of those people who is smart and people expect you to succeed, there's nothing wrong. Right? We fail all the time. We embrace failure. The more I fail, the more I learn, the more I succeed. That is like the secret of success is failure. Because the bottom line is you have to fail multiple times in order to get to where you want to go.
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