In
considering the issue of the Dynamics of Intelligence (Myers, pp405-410),
Robert Sternberg (1986) has asked "Why do
intelligent People Fail?" He gives the following
answers:
1. Lack of Motivation
2. Lack of Impulse Control
3. Lack of Perseverance and
Perseveration
4. Using the wrong abilities
5. Inability to complete tasks
6. Lack of Product Orientation
7. Inability to translate
thought into action
8. Failure to Initiate
9. Fear of Failure
10. Procrastination
11. Misattribution of Blame
12. Excessive Self-Pity
13. Excessive Dependency
14. Wallowing in Personal
Difficulties
15. Distractability and Lack
of Concentration
16. Spreading oneself too
thin or too thick
17. Inability to Delay Gratification
18. Inability to See the Forest
for the Trees
19. Lack of Balance between
Critical, Analytical Thinking and Creative , Synthetic Thinking
20. Too Little or too Much
Self-Confidence
Sternberg, R. (1986). Intelligence
applied. New York: Harcourt Brace Javonovich.