Comment You need to sell yourself as well (Score 1) 385
It is not enough to be a genius in this world, you must also have marketing skills. It is very rare for someone to 'find' you out of the blue and determine that you have skills that they need and can make use of. You have to sell your intelligence like any other product. You have to be able to actually solve problems show people how that is beneficial to them. I imagine the ones that can't market and don't reach their full potential from an intellectual perspective are very unhappy indeed.