Having a high IQ doesn't always guarantee success. Terman and Oden examined the most and least successful men in their sample of gifted individuals. The most successful were .

More goal oriented and persistent

Explanation:

Success and most success stories with those who built them has been hinged on two important fact; Being goal oriented and persistent, it is great to have a good IQ but when the IQ is not geared towards being goal oriented and being persistent someone with a lesser IQ that has those characteristics are more likely to succeed. Having goals gives you direction and a part to where you going irrespective of how intelligent you are and being persistent gives you the fuel not to give up easily especially when challenges arise bit to hold on even in failures as we know that failure or challenges are part of success.

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