By Noralyn O. Dudt We often talk of IQ (intelligence quotient) as if that's what matters the most. IQ, the measure of a person's reasoning ability is supposed to gauge how well someone can use information and logic to answer questions or make predictions. It is the measure of cognitive abilities, such as the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new situations. It is then tempting to read a lot into someone's IQ score. Most non-experts think intelligence is the reason successful people do so well. Psychologists who study Intelligence find this only partly true. IQ tests can predict how well people will do in particular situations, such as thinking abstractly in science, engineering or art, or leading teams of people. But there's more to the story. Extraordinary achievements depend on many things. And those extra categories include ambition, persistence, opportunity, the ability to think clearly, and with right timing—luck. As we all know, it's not t
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