People aren't dumb, they just don't know what to do

The only thing you can gain in life is knowledge. You gain this through experience, education… everything you do.
Knowledge increases consistently with time. You can’t get to understanding rocket science until you learn the basics, just as you can’t land on the moon until you leave the surface of the earth.
Both are necessary steps you must take to get to B. Can’t get to B unless you pass through A.

Effort, on the other hand, is consistent – you either have it or you don’t. You can have more or less every minute of your life. It doesn’t build, it doesn’t store up. It only matters now.

Do you have it or not? If you do, just keep going until the knowledge soaks in, if you don’t, get the fuck out of the way from the people who do.