re: Confidence or intelligence: which is more important

Confidence in Louisiana. Much more split everywhere else.

Lived in Northeast for four years. People don't care who you are or where you are from. Intelligence is equal to confidence, if not greater. People will even overpay if you can get the job done right the first time. You can't fake it.

In Louisiana, people want to do business with people they like doing business with. That's not necessarily wrong, just a difference in culture. People make a lot of money this way. But, when a recurring problem is crippling your biz, bottom line, sales, whatever...you're stuck with your baw instead of the "smartest guy in the room."