Categorized | Beyond Business

How to be smarter than you actually are.

Posted on 12 December 2006 by Lord Brar

Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, is dispensing some great street lessons on how to make people thing that you are smarter than you actually are. Here’s what he is advising (in summary) –

1. Wear Glasses. Yes, it makes people think that you really are the banker-type.
2. Start talking less and listening more.
3. Learn and use some high-end words which are being used by high-end publications and which most people will not understand.
4. Learn to agree with people.

For most people, the definition of smart is “Thinks exactly like me but even more so.�?

5. Become an expert on everything by learning everything about something and then learning the art of steering conversation in opposite direction.

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This is a viral video from Youtube that is getting a lot of attention.

I will let the author set the scene:

It was back in Oct 2005.

My wedding was about a month to go and I decided to make a memorable event for my future wife. But, I and she were working and due to preparation of wedding, I didn’t have enough budgets for expensive proposal. While I was considering for the event, I remembered what she said in the past. “Wow it would be great if I can get a chance to go in the room with full of yellow post it just like Sang Sang Plus” (Sang Sang Plus is one of the famous talk show (TV program) in Korea and they prepare a room with full of yellow post it – questions from fans to famous celebrity)

I wrote all the happy memories that I had with my wife in 5,940 post it. It took me 4 days & 5 nights to write everything and post it in the bathroom. (I tried main living room first, but, due to surface of wallpaper, I had to change the place) Once we back from honeymoon, we took all the post it off and kept it in the box until now.