The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking

Patience is also a key virtue, along with a determination not to jump to conclusions. Wait, reserve judgment, and build data over time. Don't act until you've mastered what you need to carry out your intention. -- Bob Young.

The reason why the top-heavy IQs had so much trouble formulating a profitable business strategy was that it's all about pattern recognition and they had no experience.

"We shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape us." -- Marshall McLuhan, paraphrasing Winston Churchill.

Your personal knowledge system - your stance, tools, and experiences - is under your control and can be used to put yourself on a beneficial, or detrimental spiral towards success, or failure.