Andy Warhol had an IQ of 86, Richard Branson has an IQ of 92, Muhammed Ali has an IQ of 78, and David Ogilvy had an IQ of 96. They are all below the conventional intellectual spectrum, yet they became an artistic legend, a multi-national billionaire entrepreneur, the greatest boxer ever, and the founder of an international ad agency.
Brains only take you so far. Time and focus take you much farther.
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
From July 2020 - March 2022, I worked really, really hard on achieving a big goal and having a huge impact on the world. By March 2022, when we’d...
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Go. Do it. Make a wish. Be wild! Be wise! Be audacious! How much does your wish cost? Can you afford it? Then pay and do it. You can’t? Calculate how...
If you're over your university studies. If you're not looking forward to taking a week out of your life and attending a conference. If you don't...
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When I was in my final year of high school, my family couldn't afford to send me to university, so I looked for scholarships that would enable me to...
I write all my blog posts on scrap paper. I printed so many speeches last year that I have all these A4 scrap sheets of paper that just have...
Ask yourself: 1. What do I want to learn? 2. What do I already know? Then: 3. Devise a project you’re interested in that involves others - Create a...
