I’ve found my intelligence has been about average in whichever group I choose to socialize with. Back when I hung out with stupid people, I was stupid. Now that I’m talking to smarter people I’ve tapped into abilities I never even knew I had before. I find smart people push you to be smarter.

Dumb people push you to be dumber.

Who knows you may end up being ‘smart amongst smart people’.

Use right grammar. The comma to your identify must be a semicolon or the moment facet a utterly one of a kind sentence. I may not even cross into the frame of your message. Other than that, give up traumatic approximately the way you look to different individuals. You’ll be plenty happier and appear like so much much less of a jerk if you happen to paintings rough and ethically as a substitute than attempt to sound shrewd. Some of the neatest individuals I’ve identified had been entire bums, having performed not anything with their lives. Some of the ordinary a number of the ordinary do strong matters on the earth. We must all desire to be probably the most latter. Also, use “amongst” as a substitute than “among.” They’re each right, however the former sounds a long way much less pretentious whilst you are writing approximately how shrewd you’re.

Create a new category: smarter than average but not extra smart and find people like that to associate with.

Why do you want to be a step ahead? You should be doing the best you can and looking for the best way to do what you want or are told to do.