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social skills might be considered at apremium.Persistence isn’t very glamorous. Ifgenius is one percent <strong>in</strong>spiration andn<strong>in</strong>ety-n<strong>in</strong>e percent perspiration, thenas a culture we tend to lionize the onepercent. We love its flash and dazzle.But great power lies <strong>in</strong> the othern<strong>in</strong>ety-n<strong>in</strong>e percent.“It’s not that I’m so smart,” said E<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong>,who was a consummate <strong>in</strong>trovert.“It’s that I stay with problems longer.”488/929None <strong>of</strong> this is to denigrate those wh<strong>of</strong>orge ahead quickly, or to bl<strong>in</strong>dly glorifythe reflective and careful. <strong>The</strong> po<strong>in</strong>tis that we tend to overvalue buzz anddiscount the risks <strong>of</strong> reward-sensitivity:

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