Anyone who knows that their D&D Character with a 20 INT isn't invincible. You have to have a combination of scores in all of the attributes to succeed. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't apply this to real life.
That being said, I often find that I over-think tasks, and end up never completing them because I try to make them perfect, and find out at some point that I can't.
What's more important than "perfect" is "good enough", and sometimes a high IQ won't allow you to accept that.
It's one of the things I hate about myself at times.
>Anyone who knows that their D&D Character with a 20 INT isn't invincible.
Isn't this some kind of circular logic? A character with high intelligence is just that a charade of the user playing it. So it doesn't matter if the INT is high, if the player is a moron bad things will still happen.
It's possible to play a 20 INT character if the rest of the cast is adjusted accordingly.
I have a theory that a lot of highly successful people have either a partner or a team that is willing to do the grunt work. They basically have/created a surrounding that allows them to focus on what they do best. The media will picture how that person is so smart and great, but without the proper environment they wouldn't be able to thrive.
Smart people have a tendency to think they can do everything on their own because they are so smart, which is quite stupid actually.
The brilliant mathematician Erdos was famously incompetent at the basic requirements of life. There are many exasperated stories from the colleagues who hosted him throughout the years, but it was worth it for the insights he could provide on their work.
That being said, I often find that I over-think tasks, and end up never completing them because I try to make them perfect, and find out at some point that I can't.
What's more important than "perfect" is "good enough", and sometimes a high IQ won't allow you to accept that.
It's one of the things I hate about myself at times.