People who lack intelligence often think these 14 things are great ideas

Bad ideas aren’t always as obvious as they might seem, and sometimes, they seem practical or even brave to people who lack intelligence.

A push that costs too much

These people are big believers in buying expensive things. Not because they need them or anything, but because they think it’ll motivate them to work harder, like buying the pricey laptop to encourage them to write. Getting the costly treadmill will supposedly make them exercise.

That kind of financial pressure isn’t a replacement for a plan, and it’s not necessarily going to make you do things differently. It’s just another bill, at the end of the day. You’ve got to have the right habit and mindset before you get the expensive thing, not after it.

The bargain that stays

However, that doesn’t mean cheap items are suddenly any better. Less intelligent people believe that it’s a good idea to buy something cheap that you use every day, since it saves you money in the moment. It does.

But then you’re stuck dealing with the consequences of the cheap purchase every day. The real price of cheap stuff has less to do with what’s on the receipt and more to do with the total cost of use, repairs, replacements, and so on.

The homemade answer

The internet is great for research, but it’s also great at making not-smart people think they’re intelligent. These people will spend an evening online and genuinely believe they know more than the experts. The mechanic? They’re guessing. The doctor? They’re rushing.

There’s nothing wrong with looking things up online, of course, but there is something wrong with thinking that a few search results are the same as years of training and testing. They’re not the same. Not in the slightest.

A clean break

Unintelligent people seriously think that quitting a job on the spot is a good idea, mostly because that’s how the movies show it. Real life is something different. You have a mortgage or rent to pay, as well as references, gaps, and other bills to worry about.

Choosing to quit your job without an exit plan probably won’t work out well for you. It doesn’t make you seem like you’ve got more respect for yourself, it just makes you seem like you don’t understand how real life works. That’s a problem.

The tiny shortcut

Telling a small lie is so tempting because you usually think it’ll help you avoid bigger issues. It might help you in the moment, sure, but then you’ve got to remember that lie and make sure you keep it up. 

Who did you tell? What did you tell them exactly? It’s a lot of work for something that, really, was probably survivable, yet you felt like honesty was too much in the moment. There’s no point in lying over the small stuff.

The easy door

They’re scams. Every single get-rich-quick scheme is a scam, no matter how appealing it might seem on the surface, or how much someone tells you that it’s a good plan. It’s not. The truth is, you’ve got to work hard to make money, and there’s no quick or easy way to get rich.

Fake coaching, MLMs, anything like these are bad ideas because they’re going to cost you a lot of time and a lot of effort. Yes, they’ll cost you a lot of money, too. It doesn’t matter how friendly the sales page seems because it’s not going to get you fast cash.

Volume in the room

It’s kind of weird that some people believe being louder in an argument means that they’re correct. They won’t announce it or anything, but they keep raising their voices during discussions, as though a louder voice equals stronger evidence. But no.

You seem more dominant, but that’s all, not more right, and certainly not more intelligent. All you succeed in doing is making the rest of the room go quiet. That doesn’t make your point any more valid, though.

The hard little sentence

Our pride has a way of ruining our apologies, and people who lack intelligence seem to think that saying sorry makes them weaker. So they refuse to do it. They think that apologizing involves handing over power to the other person and, somehow, becoming weaker as a result.

That’s not true. You have to apologize in real relationships and in the workplace because it helps you to repair your trust with the other person. You’re not losing anything by saying sorry. In fact, you’re gaining a reputation as someone who admits that they’re wrong.

Someone else’s map

Only people with limited intelligence believe that copying a successful person works. They see a businessman waking up at 5 AM, so they wake up at 5 AM. They see them wearing beige, and now they start wearing beige all the time.

However, what they’re not seeing is the hours of work and the sheer amount of effort that go into success, along with the dumb luck. Copying a successful person’s routine is absolutely not a guarantee that you’ll be successful.  

The safer explanation

It’s a fact. Criticism is way easier to deal with when you tell yourself it’s jealousy instead of actually useful feedback. You tell yourself that someone doesn’t want you to win or that they’re threatened by you, and that’s why they’re giving you critiques.

You never have to deal with their actual words when you believe that. But that sort of defensiveness is a sign of someone who lacks intelligence, as they can’t take on board any kind of comment. They don’t want to feel uncomfortable or acknowledge they’re wrong.

A strong voice

Confidence involves walking in quickly and talking without pausing, making everyone else feel like they’re behind somehow. But it’s not the same as competence. That’s something people with very little intelligence don’t understand, since they think confidence equals skill.

Some capable people are confident, sure, yet there are so many self-assured people who don’t have any of the skills to back it up. They talk the talk. But when it comes to walking the walk? That’s something they’re completely unable to do.

The final word

One of the worst things people with a little intelligence do is treat every conversation like a competition. They think they need to win every conversation and every interaction with another person, even when it’s a completely normal discussion.

They’re obsessed with winning. So much so that they’ll do whatever it takes to be the winner, including using some dirty tactics to try to get ahead. These tactics don’t usually work and, if anything, make you look more ridiculous than if you ‘lost.’

The shared key

What could be wrong with moving in with your partner? Nothing, really. Except for the fact that you might be doing it to save money, not because you’re actually at that stage of your relationship. Cheaper rent and lower bills aren’t going to make things easier.

The numbers may work, yes, but unless you’re ready to take the next step, you’re going to create more drama than it’s worth. Only people who lack intelligence skip ahead and move in together to save money.

The little performance

When you’re feeling hurt, making an ex jealous seems like the right thing to do, so you might put up a particular photo and include a certain caption. It’s not subtle. It’s not smart either. Your ex might notice, sure, and they might feel something, great. But what about the effect on you?

It’s not going to make your life any better, and, in all honesty, you’ll likely feel a lot worse afterward since you’re still thinking about your ex. People without much intelligence ignore all that, though. They think making someone jealous is a good idea.

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