* Intelligence is quickness to learn. Ability is the skill to apply what is learned. Competence is the ability and the desire to apply what is learned. Desire is the attitude that makes a skillful person competent. Many skillful people are incompetent. Ability without the right attitude is wasted.

Shiv Khera
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In a competitive world of technology, anyone with an IQ above 130 is deemed as a genius. In the world of technology, there are two characteristics that will determine whether you will find success or failure. The first is intelligence, or the ability to learn and apply new knowledge. The second is ability, or the skill to apply what you have learned.

Competence is the combination of IQ and ability. If a person desires competence, he or she can achieve it, even if he has inadequate intelligence or poor natural ability.

Source: You Can Win: A Step By Step Tool For Top Achievers

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