Have you ever wondered why dumb people make more money than you?

Like, how are people with no degrees building multi-million dollar empires while straight A students are working 9 to 5s?

Because it turns out, the richest people aren't actually that smart.

In fact, the average millionaire only has a 2.9 GPA.

And I know this from personal experience.

I did horrible in school.

I didn't go to university and today I live my dream life traveling the world, all while

running multiple businesses.

I'm going to show you the three reasons why your intelligence might be keeping you broke,

the psychology behind it, and I'm also going to give you three dumb strategies that will

make you richer than you

ever thought possible, regardless of your IQ.

Welcome to the Martel Method. I went from rehab at 17 to building a $100 million empire

and being a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. In this podcast, I'll show you exactly

how to build a life and business you don't grow to hate.

And make sure you don't miss anything by subscribing to my newsletter at martelmethad.com.

Starting with uninformed optimism.

The first reason dumb people make more money is they don't know what they don't know and they don't care. They have an unreasonable amount of confidence because they literally don't second

guess themselves. Smart people have this tendency to overanalyze. They doubt themselves.

Dumb people just act. So there's this thing called the emotional cycle of change. It's the roller

coaster of feelings that people experience when they choose to make a major change in their life.

In that first stage, the uninformed optimism, is the best one.

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