Fanfare and Failure - An MBTIc glossary

[scantilyclad]

achievement: Tied for the highest SAT scores in my school, was voted most likely to succeed.

failure: I didn't go to college (yet) and i don't have a job.

[cafe]

You do too have a job. It's just the kind that pays intangibles.

[reason]

You do too have a job. It's just the kind that pays intangibles.

Ba dum tish!

[Night]

Failure: I am 22 and have had about 12 jobs since leaving school at 16, averaging 2 jobs per year and being fired from at least half of them. I never fit in anyhwere and can only tolerate doing something for a short time before feeling the need to move on.

Standardized education often offers poor dividends for the brightest students. More often than not, giftedness is thought to be a guaranteed catalyst for opportunities unparalleled later in life.

Regressing to the mean is typically the opportunity they refer to.

As a philosophy, I've never understood why intelligence and success were positively correlated.

[Samuel De Mazarin]

You do too have a job. It's just the kind that pays intangibles.

The love of one's own child is the most tangible (fringe?) benefit of all.

[Ivy]

Between the stuffed panda and that post we may need to revoke your T status, SDM.

[The_Liquid_Laser]

As a philosophy, I've never understood why intelligence and success were positively correlated.

The most successful people are always intelligent, but the most intelligent people are not always successful.

[disregard]

The most successful people are not always intelligent.

Often, all it takes is greed and the ability to rationalise/a lack of conscience.

[The_Liquid_Laser]

The most successful people are not always intelligent.

All it takes is greed and the ability to rationalise/a lack of conscience.

greed + no conscience + stupidity = jail

A successful sociopath needs intelligence to avoid getting caught.

[disregard]

greed + no conscience + stupidity = jail

In addition to being intelligent, you don't have to break the law to be greedy, without regard for the well-being of others and successful.