Your height = your success in life

Synthol

Many scientific studies have found that the taller you are the more successful you will be. A person that is 5.7ft is much less likely to be as successful as a person that is 6.4ft

http://uk.businessinsider.com/tall-people-are-richer-and-successful-2015-9?r=US&IR=T
(study inside the article)

There is no doubt that the taller you are the more money you will make and the higher position in employment you will command. There are exceptions to every rule but in the majority of cases, it applies. Another study has also found that most of the CEOS are well above average height or any other position of command such as a senior manager. So I guess your success is pre determined at least mostly anyway

me_irl

Also, I heard down the hairdressers, this one was talking about a news article that if your hand was the size of your face you have cancer!

Must be true.

Ninthlife

How come we have many famous 'little people' but no giants..

Does the NBA steal them all at birth?

McMurphy

Mini me is worth a hundred billion dollars.

I call bullsh

I would imagine that, in the great scheme of life, it matters...but it matters FAR less than intelligence, looks, charisma etc. But all things being equal, a stupid, dull, ugly tall person may have marginally more success than a stupid, dull, squat person.

Miss Demeanour

Whatever about success.....people of small stature can be powerful. A man no more than 3 feet got me fired from a job once and I thought I was being helpful!!! I asked him if he needed help lifting his plasma T.V. How was I to know it was an Ipad!!??

Synthol

me_irl wrote: »

Also, I heard down the hairdressers, this one was talking about a news article that if your hand was the size of your face you have cancer!

Must be true.

Quite a few scientific studies show that, if you want to be ignorant then more power to you.

eeguy

I can guarantee that with 5 mins of googling I'll find another study that disproves the one in the link.

Is there a single tall people are there in the rich list? Probably not a statistically significant amount, and probably none that would say their height played a part in their success.

Ficheall

Can someone give me a boost onto the bandwagon so I can protest about being discriminated against?

beertons

Nah

Fathom

Tall stories.

rossie1977

The world's richest man and his much taller father...

http://i.usatoday.net/news/_photos/2009/08/27/billgatesx.jpg

theteal

It's sad that some people think that jobs and money is what makes a life successful

Synthol

eeguy wrote: »

I can guarantee that with 5 mins of googling I'll find another study that disproves the one in the link.

Is there a single tall people are there in the rich list? Probably not a statistically significant amount, and probably none that would say their height played a part in their success.

Probably is where I stopped reading.

Solomon Pleasant

I often feel that height is something that people tend to attribute a little bit too much meaning to.

Confidence, charisma and the ability to deal effectively with people are much more important.

That being said, height is very important. Taller men are generally perceived as more competent, confident and more powerful. It's human nature to make assumptions based on appearances and the height factor isn't really any different.

To small men and woman, don't let it affect you. Walk around as if you're 10ft tall because if you allow it to become a self fulfilling destiny then it will.

eeguy

Synthol wrote: »

Probably is where I stopped reading.

Short attention span would definitely outweigh lack of height when it comes to success in life.

Avatar MIA

If there's a correlation it would peak and tail off, say a 7" person would not benefit from their height. And Bill Gates must be the exception that proves the rule

Synthol

Avatar MIA wrote: »

If there's a correlation it would peak and tail off, say a 7" person would not benefit from their height. And Bill Gates must be the exception that proves the rule

I have wrote in my first post that there are exceptions, look at the biggest picture instead of focusing on one or handful of humans.

Avatar MIA

Synthol wrote: »

I have wrote in my first post that there are exceptions, look at the biggest picture instead of focusing on one or handful of humans.

There's likely some correlation. Similar to being White or Male, or from certain families, having being educated in certain schools. It's only one factor.

PeterTheNinth

Finally I have a legitimate excuse I can use as to why I am a failure.

I even have my epitaph picked out:

"He could have been great, if here were more than 5' 8 "

me_irl

Synthol wrote: »

I have wrote in my first post that there are exceptions, look at the biggest picture instead of focusing on one or handful of humans.

So... your height =/= your success in life.

Or "look at these tall people in powerful positions, don't look at the short ones" skewed study.

Yeah, I like to take weasel worded articles as gospel too.

Synthol

Miss Demeanour wrote: »

Whatever about success.....people of small stature can be powerful. A man no more than 3 feet got me fired from a job once and I thought I was being helpful!!! I asked him if he needed help lifting his plasma T.V. How was I to know it was an Ipad!!??

Funny how it's acceptable to make fun of dwarfs yet if something similar would be said about an ethnicity then there would be massive outrage and this thread would be wiped off the face of the earth and all users banned permanently. These people don't choose to be the way they are, same as a person does not choose his ethnicity. Double standards.

Synthol

me_irl wrote: »

So... your height =/= your success in life.

Or "look at these tall people in powerful positions, don't look at the short ones" skewed study.

Yeah, I like to take weasel worded articles as gospel too.

Then find another one, Google search takes only a few seconds. Disapprove me if you are so strong in your dismissal. Find me one study that disproves this.

TheBully

theteal wrote: »

It's sad that some people think that jobs and money is what makes a life successful

Name one successful person with no money and no job?

corner of hells

Synthol wrote: »

Avatar MIA wrote: »

If there's a correlation it would peak and tail off, say a 7" person would not benefit from their height. And Bill Gates must be the exception that proves the rule

I have wrote in my first post that there are exceptions, look at the biggest picture instead of focusing on one or handful of humans.

So now it's the biggest picture instead the tallest man.

corner of hells

TheBully wrote: »

theteal wrote: »

It's sad that some people think that jobs and money is what makes a life successful

Name one successful person with no money and no job?

Santa .

Miss Demeanour

Synthol wrote: »

Funny how it's acceptable to make fun of dwarfs yet if something similar would be said about an ethnicity then there would be massive outrage and this thread would be wiped off the face of the earth and all users banned permanently. These people don't choose to be the way they are, same as a person does not choose his ethnicity. Double standards.

As a coloured, 3'2' woman I take offence to your post......I posted a true story in after hours and you assume its a joke!

Synthol

Miss Demeanour wrote: »

As a coloured, 3'2' woman I take offence to your post......I posted a true story in after hours and you assume its a joke!

Reported already.

Miss Demeanour

Synthol wrote: »

Reported already.

Whatever makes your Sunday night.

greencap

The title of the thread is incorrect.

There's not a direct correlation between height and financial success.

What there is, is a correlation within certain specific subgroups i.e. most ceo's are x height or greater.

You've applied this to the general population. Error.

The 'taller=more success' theory will cease outside of the boardroom in that example.

Once you're in the hallway, or the accounts dept, or the mail room the truth is 'height =/= success'.

tomwaterford

Synthol wrote: »

Funny how it's acceptable to make fun of dwarfs yet if something similar would be said about an ethnicity then there would be massive outrage and this thread would be wiped off the face of the earth and all users banned permanently. These people don't choose to be the way they are, same as a person does not choose his ethnicity. Double standards.

Pretty sure it was a leprechaun she was talking about?

PeterTheNinth

Let me give you a demonstration ... I was watching a debate a few years ago before the election and there was a live debate between Pearse Doherty (Shinner) and Brian O'Domhnaill (FF).



As he looked at the monitor, I am sure Brian O'Domhnaill felt a bit like Richard Nixon in 1960. Funny, cos they looked the same size on their election posters!

ZeroThreat

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Let me give you a demonstration ... I was watching a debate a few years ago before the election and there was a live debate between Pearse Doherty (Shinner) and Brian O'Domhnaill (FF).



As he looked at the monitor, I am sure Brian O'Domhnaill felt a bit like Richard Nixon in 1960. Funny, cos they looked the same size on their election posters!

Sinn Fein don't seem to have many shortarses in their party tbh, both the late McGuinness & Adams were quite tall as far as I recall.

greencap

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/07/height_and_longevity_the_research_is_clear_being_tall_is_hazardous_to_your.html


Taller people die younger.

I'm sure there's exceptions, but that's the rule.

Capt'n Midnight

From the ever reliable Daily "everything gives you cancer" Mail

How your HEIGHT could predict your risk of cancer: Chance of developing the disease jumps a THIRD for every extra 10cm

How LONG LEGS are linked to bowel cancer: Taller people are more than 40% more likely to develop disease

The taller a woman is, the more likely she is to get cancer after menopause

Filmer Paradise

Ah well I'm average height & I spose I have average success in life. Must be true so.

Read something about Ian McShane one time.Early on in his career he was told that If he was a couple of inches taller he could have been next Sean Connery. As it was he had a good acting career. He just didn't make it into the front rank of film stars though.

Fathom

Only anecdotal cases. Not scientific. Today's average American male height is 5'10." If you assume height predicts wealth. Forbes top 4 Americans were average or below American average height:

1. Bill Gates 5'10" age 61 with net worth 89.9 billion dollars.
2. Jeff Bezos 5'8" age 53 with net worth 83.9 billion dollars.
3. Warren Buffett 5'10" age 86 with net worth 77.3 billion dollars.
4. Mark Zuckerberg 5'7" age 33 with net worth 70.5 billion dollars.

More tall average stories.

Surreptitious

I've worked with executive chefs of five star hotels smaller than me and I'm small. Typical stupid thread by some guy feeling inadequate about his height.

Michael D. Higgins is doing alright for himself.

NIMAN

So that guy I know who is on the dole and is 6ft 4in, what's up with him?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Big male myself.

6'1 and 13 and a half stone.

A Light Heavyweight in Boxing terms.

Synthol

Fathom wrote: »

Only anecdotal cases. Not scientific. Today's average American male height is 5'10." If you assume height predicts wealth. Forbes top 4 Americans were average or below American average height:

1. Bill Gates 5'10" age 61 with net worth 89.9 billion dollars.
   
2. Jeff Bezos 5'8" age 53 with net worth 83.9 billion dollars.
   
3. Warren Buffett 5'10" age 86 with net worth 77.3 billion dollars.
   
4. Mark Zuckerberg 5'7" age 33 with net worth 70.5 billion dollars.

More tall average stories.

You gave 4 examples.. How many companies are in the world? And how many CEOS? There is something called average.

Synthol

Surreptitious wrote: »

I've worked with executive chefs of five star hotels smaller than me and I'm small. Typical stupid thread by some guy feeling inadequate about his height.

Would you like to meet me and see my height? I have absolutely no problem to come to prove to you my height, I am 6ft1.

Synthol

NIMAN wrote: »

So that guy I know who is on the dole and is 6ft 4in, what's up with him?

He is an exception to the rule.

AllForIt

OP, R2D2 would agree with your thread title but perhaps not the content.

Height is extremely important in spite of what feel good stuff you might hear from people who "just happen to be" of average height or taller. But it's more a matter of avoiding being short than being "tall". In current society, for a man, 5'11 is safe in all contexts, 5'10 is safe in most contexts and 5'9 is the cut off for height not holding you back too much, in my mind. Someone 5'10 who for whatever reason thinks they are short and points to their "lack of height" holding them back has the luxury of it being the case that it's mostly in their head in reality and that other people don't see them as short but someone 5'7 or shorter is seen as short by everyone since they are about 4 inches shorter than average for young men nowadays. There are basically no advantages to being short - people say they live longer but I would, without hesitation, trade up from being just under 5'7 to being 5'10 and walk around the world grinning like a cheshire cat in my average height body, in spite of my theoretically reduced life-span.

James Cook

James Cook wrote: »

There is a correlation between height and intelligence.

I have heard people dismiss this before but I can't imagine, from an "all else being equal" point of view, how desirable genes for intelligence don't end up being associated with desirable genes for height over the generations as good-looking successful people have babies with good-looking successful people. Depressing I know but still reality. You only need to walk around South Dublin (where the average intelligence must surely be higher since it takes higher paying jobs to afford to live there) for a while to notice that being over 6 foot is basically the norm.

PeterTheNinth

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Let me give you a demonstration ... I was watching a debate a few years ago before the election and there was a live debate between Pearse Doherty (Shinner) and Brian O'Domhnaill (FF).



As he looked at the monitor, I am sure Brian O'Domhnaill felt a bit like Richard Nixon in 1960. Funny, cos they looked the same size on their election posters!

Smug grin on Doherty there

Neon_Lights

If you're five ft nothing and a girl you can give a blowjob standing up, that's incredibly successful

Sam Kade

Synthol wrote: »

Many scientific studies have found that the taller you are the more successful you will be. A person that is 5.7ft is much less likely to be as successful as a person that is 6.4ft

http://uk.businessinsider.com/tall-people-are-richer-and-successful-2015-9?r=US&IR=T
(study inside the article)

There is no doubt that the taller you are the more money you will make and the higher position in employment you will command. There are exceptions to every rule but in the majority of cases, it applies. Another study has also found that most of the CEOS are well above average height or any other position of command such as a senior manager. So I guess your success is pre determined at least mostly anyway

Well that post proves one thing, scientific studies are sh1te.

anewme

Another day, another bull**** survey...

Martin Luther King, Bruce Lee, Winston Churchill, Napoleon, Mahatma Gandhi, Prince, Robin Williams, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jnr, Paul Simon, Yuri Gagarin, Charlie Chaplin, Bono, Pablo Picasso, Thom Youke, Alan Sugar, Al Pacino, Michael J Fox, Roger Daltrey, woody Allen, Daniel Radcliffe, Humphrey Bogart, Bruno Mars, Jack Black, Beethoven, Danny de Vito, Elton John, Beck, Martin Scorsese, Truman Capote, Lionel Messi, Maradonna, Mel Brooks, Salvador Dali, Alfred Hitchcock...to name but a few.

Some of the most talented and successful people in the world.

They must not have got the memo.

Or maybe it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.