When I wanted to get my driver’s license and was preparing for my practice test, I met with the examiner and asked him a bunch of questions. At one point in our conversation, he laughed and said, “The problem with smart people is they perform so much worse than dumb people.” Turns out that being smart doesn’t help in a lot of situations. In the example of the practice test, the smarter you are, the higher your chances of failing on the first try. Why is that? Two factors contribute to this. One, you tend to be overconfident and don’t invest enough time in it. A smart…
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