How not to look unintelligent

When intellect goes unnoticed, it impacts professional life negatively

- Sapna Sarfare

How you look physically and mentally at your workplace is as essential to climbing the success ladder as your work and expertise.

Surprisingly, many often overlook how their intelligence is looked at while at work. If you think hard work and good connections are the only things that matter to be a successful professional, it is time to strike that notion. A major factor helping you stand out is your intelligence quotient.

However, many just don't pay attention to this detail or feel it is not essential. Dr. Taylor Elizabeth, Emotional Intelligence and Etiquette Coach, and Founder and CEO of The Elegance Advisor, believes that small habits create big perceptions. “Even if you're highly capable, certain behaviours make people assume you're less informed or attentive, or even a thinker. In a workplace, perception shapes opportunity. These mistakes affect how colleagues trust your input, whether leaders see you as ready for more responsibility, and how confidently people rely on you. Over time, it can slow your momentum, limit visibility, and make you work twice as hard to get the same recognition.”

Here are some mistakes that make you look unintelligent: