2. Personality predicts lifespan length. The most important traits for living a long life are high conscientiousness, positive emotionality (extraversion), low levels of hostility, and low levels of neuroticism.
via Jensen Huang: I’ve seen plenty of straight-A Ivy-league students struggle when they enter the real world.
Michael Lewis on how your narrative crafts your character:
If you listen to people, if you just sit around and listen, you’ll find there are patterns in the way they talk about themselves. Some people are always the victim. Some people always get unlucky. Some people are always in the middle of some impossible... See more
A kind person will help you understand reality as it is, prompt you to reflect, and nudge you to fine-tune your position till you get to a place where your resolution is helpful for you. A nice person will tell you what feels good - and often what you think you want to hear at that time - even if it doesn’t help you move past that situation.