[image: standing next to the smartest person in the room]I used to try to be the smartest person in the room.
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What that means is I made sure that others knew how smart I was, and if someone knew something I didn’t, it was intimidating so I avoided them.
These days I like to go stand next to the smartest person in the room. And learn from them.