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We automatically assign to good-looking individuals such favorable traits as talent, kindness, honesty, agreeableness, trustworthiness, and intelligence.
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83 |
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…a high degree of consistency is normally associated with personal and intellectual strength. It is the heart of logic, rationality, stability, and honesty.
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295 |
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…a study… in the United States found that the desire for intellectual challenge – that is, the urge to master something new and engaging – was the best predictor of productivity.
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117 |
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The naturally glib negotiator talks too much. The brilliant negotiator tries to overpower his adversary with intelligence.
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178 |
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The less intelligent we are in a particular domain, the more we seem to overestimate our actual intelligence in that domain.
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39 |
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Unlike our height or raw intelligence, we have full control over what we believe is true. We choose our views, and we can choose to rethink them any time we want.
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60 |
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It is a sign of wisdom to avoid believing every thought that enters your mind. It’s a mark of emotional intelligence to avoid internalizing every feeling that enters your heart.
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68 |
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…memory, along with general intelligence, is widely regarded as a key skill of great performers.
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38 |
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…in a wide range of fields… the connection between general intelligence and specific ability is weak and in some cases apparently nonexistent.
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39 |
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…our view that intelligence necessarily produces better performance is so deep that it may occasionally even blind us to reality.
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43 |
