The link between personality and success (2021)
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The link between personality and success (2021)
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#3If we put together every study and opinion piece on what makes success and combined them into one genetically modified ideal human it would be like watching a twitching, drooling maniac trying to do everything all at once.
I don't think there is success formula for an individual - just that if the termites nest of humanity throws enough bodies at the wall, one will bounce through.
It's not purely luck. But I think the only predictor of success, is to be in the game.
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#4If we put together every study and opinion piece on what makes success and combined them into one genetically modified ideal human it would be like watching a twitching, drooling maniac trying to do everything all at once. I don't think there is success formula for an individual - just that if the termites nest of humanity throws enough bodies at the wall, one will bounce through. It's not purely luck. But I think th…
The only thing that really works is being at the right place, at the right time, knowing the right people… and/or sheer luck.
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#5Interesting but not entirely convincing link between being introverted or extroverted and self confidence. That probably deserves a little more nuance. Confidence in which ability? I'd like to read more on that.
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#6Interesting but not entirely convincing link between being introverted or extroverted and self confidence. That probably deserves a little more nuance. Confidence in which ability? I'd like to read more on that.
In my opinion, it's self confidence that other people want to hear what you have to say. Introverts are more likely to wait for others to prompt them or invite them into the conversation whereas extroverts will start talking with the confidence that they have something to add to the conversation.
I wonder if it's similar to this article about the church of interruption. https://sambleckley.com/writing/church-of-interruption.html
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#7If we put together every study and opinion piece on what makes success and combined them into one genetically modified ideal human it would be like watching a twitching, drooling maniac trying to do everything all at once. I don't think there is success formula for an individual - just that if the termites nest of humanity throws enough bodies at the wall, one will bounce through. It's not purely luck. But I think th…
-- comment reminds me of Roosevelt:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
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#8On the fourth paragraph:
> The study also found that the children of professionals were more likely to be extrovert.
I have a hard time grasping who they meant by "professionals", and who they meant to exclude by the implied antonym ("not professionals").
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#9Success... in "business" is what this article covers. By no means the sole measure of "success".
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#10On the fourth paragraph: > The study also found that the children of professionals were more likely to be extrovert. I have a hard time grasping who they meant by "professionals", and who they meant to exclude by the implied antonym ("not professionals").
-- a professional is someone who practices in a profession - historically professionals were lawyers and doctors - the term has been expanded somewhat - typically well educated working in a field that has established and adhered to practises --