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Things like this bug me because it's taken on a small set of people and immediately categorises them out. In the big, bad real world super smart people still end up burning the candle at both ends at periods of time because they have to.

Look at our start up folk heroes, super smart geniuses who work 18 hours a day, network for 2 and sleep for 4. They're busy because they have to be busy. If you're busy it's because you're busy.

I think you are confusing "super smart geniuses" with elite achievers?

I don't think I am, an elite achiever is a super smart genius, and a super smart genius is (generally) an elite achiever. I'm just being more flippant.

I think strait is right. "Elite achiever" only (directly, anyway) has to do with performance, not intelligence.

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