tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post8828333654379696974..comments2024-03-17T10:49:06.420-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Self-Control Accounts For Much Of "W"Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-69562617850731333612011-01-26T01:14:35.551-07:002011-01-26T01:14:35.551-07:00Not in my world. Here you are expected to generall...Not in my world. Here you are expected to generally behave sheepishly, specially in the academy and at work. You have to measure very well when you show disagreement.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-25500597987989547372011-01-25T10:02:28.181-07:002011-01-25T10:02:28.181-07:00"which is not as much self-discipline as subm..."which is not as much self-discipline as submissiveness."<br /><br />If anything, it is, in addition to self-control, not submissiveness but a sense of entitlement and self-esteem. Submissiveness gets you a little way, but if you look at senior executives, top lawyers, and even top scientists, a willingness to unabashedly and without reservation claim that you are entitled to expect more than you are offered and to disagree when someone is wrong and no one else has said so, can get you a long way.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-47448567502530660082011-01-25T04:00:09.086-07:002011-01-25T04:00:09.086-07:00This is quite obvious. I'd dare say that W is ...This is quite obvious. I'd dare say that W is much more important for real life success (studies, work, etc.) than IQ. I'm just bored of high IQ people who are total losers (albeit nice ones) and intellectually mediocre to low people who make good bucks and have stable rather successful lives. <br /><br />Like 80% of that variability is W, which is not as much self-discipline as submissiveness. Because you can be self-disciplined and rebellious and there's a lot of people who know little discipline beyond what is imposed to them but they may succeed up to a point by mere obedience to command. <br /><br />Also you cannot be dependent on cannabis. You can abuse it but you never really develop any addiction.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com