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In “Aiming High – A Race Against the Limits,” directors Flavio Gerber and Alun Meyerhans chronicle the ambitious effort to establish a new downhill classic at the base of the Matterhorn. The ...
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If priced competitively from the very beginning, a home will sell at the higher end of the value range -- but the longer it lingers can cost you.
A 1982 study conducted by McClellan and coauthors found that high need for achievement (N-Ach) was linked to success in lower-level management roles, in which promotions were influenced by individual contributions. At higher management levels where promotions were based on demonstrated leadership ability, high N-Ach was not associated with success.
Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and How You Can Make a Difference is a 2015 book by William MacAskill that serves as a primer on the effective altruism movement that seeks to do the most good. [1] It is published by Random House and was released on July 28, 2015. [2] [3]
Earlier studies of achievement often emphasized the notion that high-achieving people typically possess traits above and beyond that of normal ability. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] Duckworth et al. emphasized that grit is a better predictor of achievement than intellectual talent (IQ), because grit provides the stamina required to "stay the course" amid ...
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
The characteristics of a goal make it possible to determine what motivates people to achieve a goal, and, along with other personal characteristics, may predict goal achievement. [citation needed] Importance is determined by a goal's attractiveness, intensity, relevance, priority, and sign. [8] [page needed] Importance can range from high to low.