This sounds like a hit piece on people who are smart and make less smart, more social people feel inadequate. Smart does not equal anti-social, cripplingly shy or a know-it-all narcissist any more than less intelligent equates to well adjusted, empathetic social butterflies. We certainly wouldn't expect the Jeff Spicoli types to be very successful in the professional or business world either. But then they aren't meant for that environment anyway. All things in moderation; and so it goes with personalities and types of intelligence. Who said "smart" people necessarily learned everything from a book? Let's turn this article around and see how it sounds...

7 Stupid Ways Dumb People Sabotage Their Success

1. They spend too much time doing (reacting) and not enough time thinking (preparing and being proactive). The early bird often doesn't get the worm.

2. They follow the pack too. There is no monopoly on wanting to fit in or going where the money or other reward is.

3. They stop trying. Yes, dumb people are lazy too. They are humans who often seek the easiest path.

4. They undervalue critical thinking skills... preparation, listening. Measure twice, cut once.

5. They place being right above all else. Yes, dumb people can be know-it-all's too.

6. They equate education with being an elitist snob. Again, here, a balance of book knowledge and street smarts is ideal. After all, books are usually written by those who lived what they are writing about and wish to teach others what worked (or not) in the past. Learning from others mistakes can often be less costly than learning from one's own.

7. They are too dependent on others. Group-think can often end up in consensus.. the wrong consensus. And a healthy support system, or lack thereof, isn't confined to any type of person.

To me, this writer, and accompanying study, is being awfully lazy. Falling victim to the attractiveness of the easiest target... the stereotype. Who's to say intelligent people necessarily "undermine" themselves with their "strange" ways? Some person who assumes they know what's best? Sounds elitist to me....