Realize that we don’t know anything, and are slow to make changes because we are PATIENT people and would rather things be done right than be done fast.

Have no ambition because we are more concerned with self improvement and education than trying to change the world.

Are not emotionally impulsive and have no need to pursue the idiotic goals, such as accumulating wealth, that other people do.

Define our success by our own happiness and not by the external standards of society.

Often end up not wanting to help the rest of human race because of how stupid the rest of you are and how often you twist our innovations and contributions in sick and unimaginable ways that often makes us regret even trying in the first place.

Philo Farnsworth contributed more to the invention of television than anyone else, in hopes that it would be a medium through which the true human experience could be shared and injustice and inequality in the world could be rectified. He envisioned education would become available to the masses at little to no cost, and with that education, hunger would be abolished, dictators would be toppled, and we could make steps toward peace. He contributed a large portion of his life towards his work, and what do we use it for now? Spongebob Squarepants. THAT is the culmination of this man’s life contribution. See if I ever do anything for society. Even Farnsworth himself began to regret his contributions by the end of his life.

And funny thing is even though you know you are not living up to your potential and that valuable days are flying by, its still very difficult to put your finger on exactly what the problem is until you read this page and it gets laid out clearly. I hope this is part of the remedy, just understanding better what the problem is. btw your reply on someone else’s comment about the focus on ‘we’ instead of ‘me’ makes a TON of sense, for me ive had better success when doing things with others then on my own BUT when you live in this ‘stuck’ state for some reason its real easy to let yourself become isolated and therefore farther away from alliances and achievements. So if you have any more to add on that it would be greatly appreciated and also in which book do you expand on this topic?? Will definitely be reading.
thanks!!

Ten people die=ten less mouth to feed=more for everyone else.

Truth is contadicting which makes it funny.

Getting back to my subject. Just because it looks unlikely that the reason why smart people are lazy is because they see bad where people see good, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen

I was the student who never studied a day in high school or middle school and had colleges offering me full rides when I graduated. I joined the military and became a nuclear reactor operator. I took an ACE approved 121 credit hours worth of complex mathematics, engineering, and phsyics courses in a 16 month period, I never studied a single time apart from doing our required homework, which wasn’t much, and I finished with a good GPA and was the first qualified operator from my class.

I’m currently majoring in physics and while I know it sounds quite arrogant of me it’s honestly quite easy, just a lot of information to digest, but nothing difficult. I can’t see any career field being difficult to learn, be it medicine, engineering, science, etc.

I have only recent become aware of my potential and am only starting to put it to use. I believe a lot of smart people don’t achieve much because the american public education system is an absolute failure where intelligent kids are seen as trouble makers because the classes are too boring for them. Also, many learn lazy habits because of the public education system. I learned that I could get by with the minimum and I reinforced that by getting good grades. Since I was a trouble maker who refused to study my parents were generally happy with a few b’s and c’s and my potential was never realized.

Not to say my parents shouldn’t have known better but they were struggling lower-middle class factory workers, they didn’t have a clue.

Now as an adult I’ve started to realize that I have problems with jobs that don’t challenge me enough. I spend too much time inside my head and not enough focusing my mental power on my task. It has put me in a pattern of switching jobs regularly out of misery from the boredom.

Now that I’ve realized my potential and found a career that I feel has the potential to be challenging enough, I’m starting to get a little more comfortable. My brain is getting a little more exercise and I’m starting to make positive strides in life, not only in accomplishments or success but also in mood and general attitude.

To add one final thing, look at what China has been able to accomplish because they push their children to accomplish as much as they can. They may not be as thoroughly happy as the rest of the world but you can’t deny the results of pushing our children to be as smart as they can, not just using our “no child left behind”.

Sorry for the late response. Been extremely busy completing my next book. The article you is part of the book. Not to keep you in suspense about the answer – here is something for you to think about:

There is no simple solution to this problem. It is a mindset issue and as long as you think that YOU should have all the capacity to execute on your idea, you will always feel insufficient. The trick is change your mindset to that of a “we” rather than a “me” mindset – think partnerships, think alliances, think teams – but think beyond yourself to expand your capacity to execute.

Hopefully that helps

Best,
Rajesh

Thanks for clarifying. For me, the “competition” is always with oneself – trying to do the best he or she can, rather than trying to better than others. We can do so much and in some way it is our “responsibility” to do something to meaningfully contribute.

Have a great day there.

Best,
Rajesh