Sublime

In a study of nearly sixteen thousand subjects, Angela Duckworth and Yale psychologist Katherine Von Culin found a clear link between grit and what level of happiness people pursue.10 Less gritty people hunt happiness through pleasure, while grittier folks choose engagement.

Some people, some of the time, are motivated by accuracy; others by affiliation; still others by a principle of least effort.

theological, the psychological, and the biological.

Talent works, genius creates – argues talent and genius lie on a continuum, not discrete

PART I Skills of Character

While the outputs of intelligence may have changed over time, they continue to grab our attention because together they advertise fitness, and have been maintained across generations through adaptive social selection to ensure humans’ survival.

Physical abilities

The troublemakers, although still very much of a problem, are actually few and far between, perhaps five percent of the population.

The Alpha Male Executive