The lesson is that if you want to make a deep human connection with someone, your strengths and worldly successes won’t cut it. You need your weaknesses for that. If I had gone to a fancy college, it might impress people but it wouldn’t establish a connection with most of them. “Elite” means not many have that distinction, and that distinction is hard to attain. Elite credentials don’t make you relatable. They are a barrier to deep human connection.
