Neha Ramu says her IQ should not count for much.

It takes a smart person to know that.

Neha, 13, scored the highest possible score on the Mensa IQ test, higher than Einstein or astrophysicist Stephen Hawking.

She refuses any comparison to them.

“Stephen Hawking and Albert Eistenstein, they’ve achieved so much that I couldn’t even dream of achieving, so it’s not right to compare me to them just cause of my IQ,” Neha told the BBC. “If I don’t put in my effort and make use of my IQ there is no point in having it.”

Look carefully at the last sentence and relate it to your life. Say the words to yourself and fill in the blank.

“If I don’t put in my effort and make use of my xxxxxx there is no point in having it.”

Just last week baseball held its annual June draft, in which teams took turns picking the best high school and college talent.

Some of those players will make it to the major leagues. Most will not. Why? Go back to Neha’s words.

“If I don’t put in my effort and make use of my (arm, strength, speed, hand-eye coordination), there is no point in having it.”

You, like Neha, have something to develop. Maybe it’s IQ, maybe it’s the ability to run fast, maybe it’s a knack for drawing.

Whatever your gift, if you don’t put in your effort and make use of your gift, there’s no use having it.

As for Neha, she plans on studying neurology at Harvard. Perhaps in her work she can uncover the biggest secret in performance science, namely, why some people work hard and why others don.t