How do stupid people succeed

It has been said that good looks play a large role in financial success. Smart Action: You might not have any control over your genes, but you do have control over how you project your image to others. Stand up tall, speak clearly and confidently, and show the world a self-assured you. You'll see how quickly and positively people respond.

Not feeling very confident? Try the "fake it until you make it! It seems that men who are rude are more successful negotiators and therefore earn more financial rewards. Smart Action: The most successful negotiators aren't rude at all. They find a way to satisfy what is most important to both sides. People who suck up to their vendors and customers, taking them out to lavish restaurants and sending them expensive gifts, may win the business, but have trouble sustaining it.

Those expensive gifts are usually meant to mask a shortcoming in their business. Brown-nosers are also the first to tell their clients what they want to hear, even if it's not in the client's best interest.

Smart Action: Anyone can buy a customer or vendor for a short period of time. But winning loyal clients and customers always comes down to offering exceptional service and products, and being the best at what you do.

You find yourself chasing tactics one after another, hoping that you will eventually get rich with one of them. When one doesn't work, you throw it away, quickly adopting another new tactic.

As you repeat that cycle, the idea of becoming a millionaire becomes blurry. What used to be very clear now seems frantically out of reach. One thing successful people know is that getting ahead is as much about what you do as what you don't do. Here are eight things you have to give up to achieve success. In any area of your life, what you do has consequences. Sometimes those are good.

Other times you are left with regrets. Actions have results. That's a universal truth. It never changes. You will always get the results deserved by the activity that you're doing. You might not like those results, but you'll always get them. Which is a good thing. You need to believe that what you do can make a difference.

Hard work matters. A kind word matters. Honesty matters. Candor, personal responsibility, and fairness — they all matter. Because the lifestyle you lead is what ultimately determines how rich and successful you become. Make sure you're doing the right things. Don't be that person that cuts everyone off mid-sentence.

Listen to people. Don't interrupt your employees or your customers. Don't roll your eyes and stomp your feet while you wait for the person who is talking to stop. That's selfish and shortsighted. And besides coming off as completely arrogant, you are missing out on important lessons by acting that way. Let's be honest, a lot of things you hear are unimportant: facts you already know, or criticism that is hurtful and unusable. But if you can listen long enough you'll hear some really important information that will help you succeed.

Stop complaining. Stop being the person who has to help "keep everyone else's feet on the ground. No one likes a whiner. That's just the truth. It impacts more than the people around you at the time of your whining. This seems to help unintelligent people succeed, at least in the short term. If you know how to get the right people working for you, or at least get your peers to do as you ask, you can be successful. Being a delegator is natural for some people making it easy for them to rise to the top.

Having great social skills is more beneficial than just getting people to like you; it can help you in your success. These same people are more likely to go to work events and network with their co-workers outside of work. Many people have a tendency to overthink everything they do. However, many people, the unintelligent included, are action takers. People who have this quality are eventually successful people because they have overcome the hurdles and challenges a lot quicker than their peers.

A lot of dumb people like to brag relentlessly to their superiors. Although doing this may seem like an arrogant approach that gets people nowhere, many employers are impressed by the achievements that the dumb braggart has accomplished. Also, when the time comes for the boss to promote someone, dumb people can get ahead because they qualified themselves ahead of time.

There may be several other reasons that allow stupid people to be successful, but the reasons above are among the most common. Get Notified Before Coffee.