We’re all trying to work smarter rather than harder to ramp up our success. If we’re the smartest person in the room, we feel it’s time to find a new room. But success isn’t just about how smart we are. Hard work and skills development still trump intelligence when it comes to success. Work ethic is still as important as academic smarts.

The folks over at Headway Capital have compiled a list of eight specific things (based on five personality traits) that are more important for success than intelligence. And the great thing is, they’re all things you can work on daily as part of your personal self development program (and if self-growth is something you’re working on right now, you might want to grab these free self-development resources).

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