Average or incompetent people have success with girls, make lots of money and are the bosses of people who are sometimes better than them. True geniuses often find it difficult or impossible to find people who can relate to them and they grow isolated and suffer depression. Why do we allow clever people to be shunned so much by other people?
202245
Very clever people can be off-putting, even frightening.  But I think geniuses don't have it so bad; they get to think about, sometimes even discover, things that the rest of us can't even imagine.  I know I envy them at least as much as I pity them.
463921
It is just part of the job.  No matter how many lives you have a positive impact on, there will never be anybody standing around to pat you on the back when you've done a good job.  If you screw-up just once, you can be sure that there will be plenty of people there to try and take you down.  Part of that is because of the job we do.  The consequences of a mistake can be much more severe than in most other lines of work.  I think part of it is just because people seem to like the drama.
148753
I hate it when people are ignorant, and small minded. They have no appreciation for art or intelligence and the finer things in life. They complain that life is boring, but they haven't seen the world yet. They have no ambition and are bumbling along when they could be doing so much more.
464739
...there is a famous quote that came to mind immediately when I saw your question:\n\nNothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. --- Calvin Coolidge 1872\n\n- hope this helps, I'm not adding anything else because if you are telling it as it is, you will get there in the end ! okay. Good luck.
260101
People in our society tend to scoff at people that are different from them and scoff at things that they feel are inferior to there issues. Also those people don't have compassion enough to deal with those issues so therefore they find them stupid.
2618
I think that it is a combination of both things. Some people just are attention freaks and have to have attention (this is probably because they didn't get enough attention from their parents as small kids). Other people might seriously have some disability or whatnot.\n\nWhatever it is, though, it's pretty annoying to be around these kind of people.
645713
A friend of mine had this happen and she convinced the company that she could help the company grow and would be able to provide much more than the job itself entailed. Her overqualifications would help the company excel after all don't they want the best people they can get? Companies don't grow with stupid people working there. There needs to be overachievers.
486807
your going to meet people for the rest of your life that is jealous of you for something who cares love it or leave it there is plenty of smart people for you hang out with and if they are jealous then they arent smart at all
140218
Because it is not enough to be good at what we do-whatever that may be.  We need to be good at what we do within an efficient and productive system.  For example, I may be the best football player in the world, but i will not win anything if my team really can't play.  Take that theory to economics, good doctors need good nurses, pharmaceutical companies, even good janitors in order to work to their best.  If we don't understand how our specialized area works completely, we won't know how to be our best.
268700
Come to think of it, I believe most people's greatest weakness is failure, probably because we care a lot about what people say about us so if you are a failure, well! that cant be good, Plus if you say that in a interview thay will see you are a hard worker coz you don't wanna fail.
469889
Different people have different ambitions and they are not always in sync with that of organization, hence all these problems. Basically people are plain stupid, simple.
664370
because they are insecure and ignorant...don't you mind them, you know who you truly are, and if you can see their ignorance, then you are smart enough to rise above them  : )
3874
Some people do it just because they know they can.  It gives them a feeling of satisfaction.  They cannot feel good about themselves unless they bring someone else down.
114577
People who would assume that someone who is friendly and good natured is automatically unintelligent are judgemental and not very perceptive.  The first traits simply do not relate to the second.  Keep smiling!!!
148117
They say an empty mind is the devil's factory. Sometimes, some of us are true Grammar Types, who just can't help but correct. Others broadly fall into the empty-mind-looking-for-reason-of-being. They will just criticise any and everything.\n\nLastly, many of us are severely underexposed to other people and cultures. We just never know that there is the possibility of another kind of person who does not lead their life like us - does not cross the t's and dot the i's. We know it theoretically, but not experientially. It's one thing to know, it's another to face diversity and being able to adjust oneself. \n\nSo many reasons!
33891
why not?! Most of my botfriends are usually in a hinger grade than me. Sometimes it is better that way.
646980
the most important person in anyone's life is themself but if they have to prove it then they have low self-esteem. people can be driven by fear to be unpleasant to others but not everyone is like that so just keep away from people who don't like you. not everyone can like everyone. so it's natural to be competitive and go for what you want in life, but jealousy is just an excuse for being lazy.