Stop Trying To Be Smart...?  Goal for 2010
Almost 20 years ago someone wrote in my yearbook that I would "do better when I stop telling people how smart I am."  It stung and I avoided the guy ever since.<p>In fact, I've spent my whole life trying to be the smartest guy in the room.  In school I took the hardest classes and shot for the best grades.  I also try to say smart things and speak as an expert on a wide range of things.<p>Now, that guy popped up in Facebook and I'm wondering if my business and personal relationships are suffering.  Maybe my biggest room for improvement is changing this perspective?  This might actually help my business more than anything.<p>Can you offer any advice?  How you approach the world?  Are you the well read geek that with all of the answers.  Or are you a wide eyed "beginner" ready to experience truly new things and learn from anyone?