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I just read this great article about intelligence and its relationship to wealth-building.  As with most Motley Fool articles, it has a provocative title: Are You Too Smart to Be Rich?

The bottom line of the article is that you don’t have to be smart to be rich so don’t let that notion hold you back.  A good example is Forrest Gump even if he is fictional.  Here’s a great quote from Warren Buffett, the second richest man in the world, which hits the point home:

“If you are in the investment business and have an IQ of 150, sell 30 points to someone else.”