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I think you will find those with a true high IQ don't feel the need to go prove that to anyone.
They tend to want to accomplish 'something', if it is for the greater good or just personal or both.
That is what drives them to learn more.
Being smart is not knowing things or much of everything.
Being smart is the ability to figure out what you need/don't know by whatever means possible. Create your own formula for get'n it done.
Something you can't achieve if you don't want to accomplish anything. I have a name for it... 'I Quest'
So more often than not, real IQ is a matter of 'drive'.
Sometimes the lack of drive comes from the over abundance of fear.
Successful people (not necessarily high IQ) have managed the fear factor. But success means something different to each person. But success in the biz world seems to come from those that are well practice at the art of manipulation. That does not 'require' a high IQ.
So those with a high IQ and with a lack of formal education will normally have a good set of 'life skills'.
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