Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett being the 'smartest person in the world' isn't the most important attribute for success

Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett being the 'smartest person in the world' isn't the most important attribute for success

Many businesses are birthed from a bright idea—but that isn’t enough to take a company big-time. Dairy Queen CEO Troy Bader said Warren Buffett taught him that zeal for the mission is more important than anything else; being “smartest person in the world” won’t outperform “somebody who has that passion.” “Anybody you meet, I don’t care who they are—they know something you don’t,” Bader told Business Insider last year. It’s just one of the two ta…