One of the greatest Chessmasters of all time is Norwegian youngster Magnus Carlsen.
He is clearly one of the smartest and most brilliant people ever, right? Right?
Well he himself doesn’t think so.
In a recent interview, he says that he too, suffers from imposter syndrome. Can you believe it?
So much so that he feels that people are perhaps even fooling him, playing an elaborate prank, artificially looking dumb in front of him.
His conclusion was my true takeaway though:
He’s met many people who are super smart, but-but-but, they aren’t better than him at chess. So just being smart isn’t enough.
I guess we just have to find our own niches, and keep getting better there!