The smartest thing I ever did

Ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect? 

This is the proposition that truly stupid people are too stupid to know how stupid they are.

Unconscious ignorance, if you like.

A much higher level of awareness is a common trait in hugely intelligent people.

They ALWAYS accept their limitations, and how little they – or anybody else – really understands about almost everything.

So here are some hacks to help you navigate all this: 

• Continually and honestly calibrate the extent of your capabilities
• If someone else can do part of your work better than you, let them
• Accept that you can’t be good at everything, and that you shouldn’t even try
• Don’t make overblown claims about what you know, and how you can help people
• Give others credit, free from envy, when they display competence and skills beyond your own

The smartest thing I ever did was accepting how dumb I really am. 

Love you lots
Jonny

PS: One area where I know more than most is in corporate consulting, having worked with companies worth multiple billions in total. It’s a great life and, particularly in corporate wellbeing, it’s perfectly attainable for you too.

If you’re unsure how to get into that world, reply with “Wellbeing” and I’ll send you an eBook all about it, with my compliments.