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One of the most counterintuitive traits that can hurt entrepreneurs is smarts. Yes, the more successful you are and the more talents you have, the harder it is to run a business. 创业者的一些品质可能会成为其成功路上的绊脚石，其中最有违常理的一种——便是聪明。你越成功，越有才华，便越难经营好一家公司。 While you may think that being smart, motivated and talented would logically make someone the best possible candidate for entrepreneurship, unfortunately, this is often not the case. 你可能认为，按照正常逻辑，聪明、有进取心和有才华的人，应该是创业的最佳人选，但很可惜，事实并非如此。 The ‘I’m better than everyone at every task’ challenge. “我事事都要比人强”的挑战 The smart-people problem starts back in school when the dreaded “group projects” are first assigned. Knowing the 80/20 rule for work (80% of all work is done by 20% of the people), what do you think happens in every group project? The smartest and most talented people in each group decide that they are going to do the lion’s share of the work. They don’t want to risk their grade in the class by dividing the work equally and hoping that Timmy (the guy who is absent from class two days a week on average and sleeps through class on the other three days) does his part well, if he remembers to do it at all. In school, there isn’t any benefit in trying to get Timmy up to speed quickly. Forget that — the smart people just take over and do the whole project themselves. | 
