Sublime

high Neuroticism is correlated with high achievement and creativity in people whose other traits keep them from falling into the deep hole that can be dug by persistent emotional distress.

Richard Bartle’s Four Player Types (Achievers, Socializers, Explorers, and Killers)

the Big Five traits (neuroticism, extroversion, openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness)

Socialite–Hermit divide (Histrionic and Narcissistic on one; Schizoid, Schizotypal and Avoidant on the other) posted, respectively, high and low scorecards on Extraversion, while those either side of the Easy Rider–Control Freak border (Antisocial and Borderline in one camp versus Obsessive-Compulsive in the other) were similarly bipolar when it ca

essence, we are dealing with disgruntled young people who do unexpected or dangerous things under the social influence of their peers and role models—a.k.a. the common adolescent. And yet, only a small fraction of disgruntled young people stumble into behaviors that are significantly more dangerous than making severe fashion statements or partying

Using as little technical equipment as possible meant that Messner became the father of modern mountaineering. He’s a man of great survival skills, endowed not only with extraordinary technical proficiency, but also a sense of exactly what is happening around him and a knowledge of when something isn’t right. I learnt a lot from him about evaluatin

He also believed that good character was his ticket to both productivity and happiness.