Fair enough—I think we are trying to generally point at the distinction between ‘raw intelligence’ and other ‘supplementary’ cognitive traits that also predict effectiveness/success (like work ethic, people skills, etc.). This differentiation is the important takeaway, I think, rather than the exact terms we are using to point at it.
Minor nitpick: you list work ethic as your first example of a soft skill but I don’t think it’s commonly listed as an example of a soft skill.
Fair enough—I think we are trying to generally point at the distinction between ‘raw intelligence’ and other ‘supplementary’ cognitive traits that also predict effectiveness/success (like work ethic, people skills, etc.). This differentiation is the important takeaway, I think, rather than the exact terms we are using to point at it.