# Morgan Housel - Intelligent vs. Smart (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://image.thum.io/get/noanimate/width/1200/viewportHeight/628/viewportWidth/1200/https://collabfund.com/blog/intelligent-vs-smart/?covershot) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/32487018) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Morgan Housel]] **Full Title**:: Intelligent vs. Smart **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [collabfund.com](https://collabfund.com/blog/intelligent-vs-smart/?ref=refind) **Host**:: [[collabfund.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-09-24]] **Created**:: [[2023-10-06]] ## Highlights - I’d define intelligence vs. smart like this: Intelligent people understand technical details, smart people understand emotional details. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb3vethns3v9zxqq211yqtvg)) ^600022965 - Schools are good at teaching and measuring intelligence, so that’s what people tend to value and aspire to. But in almost any field, smarts is what gets rewarded long term. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb3vf4fk5phx948yk4760a73)) ^600022992 - So if you have to choose between understanding how the world *should* work in theory vs. how it *actually* works in practice, lean towards the latter. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb3vh2xed69zd777gfrwcg2h)) ^600023066 - Henry Ford said, “If there is any one secret of success it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from their angle as well as your own.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb3vm828xb6snz9gjm7q9mcy)) ^600023386 - An awareness that being nice doesn’t mean being weak – it’s actually a selfish strategy for gaining cooperation over time. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb3vpv0cg0576smqxnyth059)) ^600023760 - When your views on certain topics can be predicted from unrelated statements, there’s a good chance you’ve outsourced part of your thinking to tribal affiliations. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb3vt3np2qmqg15hfpsfnqq3)) ^600024211 - If there is someone whose views you agree with on every topic, be careful. If there is someone whose views you disagree with on every topic, be even more careful. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb3vvkxeem94rx2v26qpd0xn)) ^600024502 - Not the best answer. Not the accurate answer. Not the answer people need to hear. The winner is just whoever gets people to pay attention and nod their heads in agreement. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb3vwa06nqxx9hx4x6nhzxf6)) ^600024797 - I don’t think this is a coincidence. These investors’ ability to write let them effectively tell their story, set expectations, and reassure investors. That made their investors more likely to stick around when times got rocky. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb3vzmwzgjyfv4zsrbyvyva6)) ^600025025