The issue seems to be that brilliant people have a blinkered view of their abilities.

Most intelligent people have a niche that they excel in but think that if they are really good at one thing they must also be really good at all things which just ain't so.

We see the same erroneous thinking in other fields.

Famous actors think that they have the correct answers to all of life's problems, which their lives disprove, but the media and their fans hang on every word.

Elite sportspeople and politicians have similar attitudes.

When you think about it, you'll see that this attitude crops up in all industries, and creates its own set of problems for the rest of us.

To answer the statement in the subject line, intelligent people do dumb things because they have an inflated sense of their abilities and a horrible case of confirmation bias.

Unfortunately, we all suffer from some level of confirmation bias.

In the same way that we see the same model car that we just bought everywhere, we go when there were none around beforehand, confirmation of our viewpoint shows up everywhere we look.

When you think you are a failure, you'll manage to think up all those times that prove it and none of those times that disprove the case.

"Failure is an event, not a person" — Zig Ziglar.

All of us have failed at something, but when we don't let a failure stop us; we can move forward through that failure and fail better until we succeed.

Regards,
Brent.

P.S.  Today nothing happened with the case study.

One of the best reasons for building up your online business is that you can take time off when you need to.

Today we had a family day, which was excellent.

Watch this video. I think it's one of the best motivational speeches I have seen. https://byob.wm-tips.com/motivational-speeches/a-motivational-speech-thats-one-of-the-best/.

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