Professional/financial results are their own insular thing. Intelligence lives in the day-to-day in the dangerous situations avoided, bargains found, trivial effort in filling out taxes, appreciation of a brilliant book, maintaining many friendships, understanding the new refrigerator's manual, hobbies accumulated, talking to school personnel, nurturing your kid's intelligence and removing barriers to their success, etc.
Don't devalue your abilities with someone else's yardstick.
I like this - this resonates with me - and a much better summary of how I feel at this time. I would also say "Don't devalue your successes to date with someone else's yardstick"
