The idea that if you do well in one area, you will do well in others has been debunked numerous times. For example research shows that chess grand masters have no better memory that the average person when tested in non chess related tests. In fact. If You rearrange the chessboard starting points and a grand master wil suddenlyl not be any more capable than an average chess player to know where to move. Our skills are very specific and often do not cross over. This is the truth and it's sad.