Maybe it was the army that changed all, who knows. In any case I came out as lieutenant and since that time my studies have been top class. Life is strange. Languages were not my forte but immediately after graduation I came to South Africa where Finnish may be described as mildly useless. I assume that I like challenges.
Intelligence ensures the easiest route to complete a task in a productive way.
To spend two days developing a new working method that cuts the work load from two hours to one is acceptable to me. I do it all the time. The trick is that next time I do it again and again. The end result is that the same work is done at the end in a minute or two. This is possible.