January 21, 2026 4 min read
Smart People Do Some Dumb Things
I will start with an all-too-common scenario: I’m really smart, and I work hard in high school. I bust my butt and get straight A’s. I mean it is high school after all. This gets me into a top college. So, I go to that college but I have to work even harder now since my competition – the other kids – also crushed it in high school. By simple math, my competition is a lot harder, i.e. the best of the best from high school. But I am the Energizer Bunny, so I keep on going. I get straight A’s again. What happens next?
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