• Smart people usually struggle with submission to authorities and can be overtly or covertly rebellious;

• Smart people like shortcuts and don’t like to follow long-arduous processes;

• Smart people can easily get distracted or carried away by other seemingly more juicy options;

• Smart people don’t have the patience for protocols or fundamental principles because they are quick in operation;

• Smart people can be prideful about their skill or the value they bring to the table;

• Smart people can be childlike in their crave for attention or recognition and then become petulant or uncooperative when they don’t get it;

• Smart people can be overambitious because they believe they deserve better or can get more;

• Smart people can be restless and thereby unsettle the system where they are or those close to them, e.g., family, colleagues, friends, associates, etc to disastrous effects;

• Smart people usually try to beat the system for own selfish ends;

• Smart people usually think, “They/he/she won’t know…”;

• Because of their obvious hubris, which they may not be aware is common knowledge to others, smart peoplecan irritate and thereby alienate their potential benefactors;

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