Why Intelligent People Fail Content from Sternberg‚ R. (1994). In search of the human mind. New York: Harcourt Brace. 1. Lack of motivation. A talent is irrelevant if a person is not motivated to use it. Motivation may be external (for example‚ social approval) or internal (satisfaction from a job well-done‚ for instance). External sources tend to be transient‚ while internal sources tend to produce more consistent performance. 2. Lack of impulse control. Habitual impulsiveness gets in the
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3 May 2012 Why People Hate Musicals There are many different reasons why people could hate musicals. Maybe they had a bad time at the theatre once and that scarred their outlook on musicals forever. Many people think that musicals are “gay” and they don’t want to see guys “prancing” around on stage. Some people cannot stand the fact that people are singing instead of talking. Whatever their reason for disliking musicals is‚ they’re wrong. I’m only joking. Everyone has the right to his or
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Why people shouldn’t lie? Sometimes people for their own benefit may do anything‚ including lie. But what is actually lies‚ and why people lie to their relatives? Why instead of truth they choose lies? One of the main reasons can be anxiety. Anxiety of getting in trouble and being abused. Fear that no one will understand your problem. Understand how you feel and what you think. Most of the times people are just getting confused in what others will think. When
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The way I see it‚ there are many different reasons as to why people break the law. One reason I believe people break the law is to get a rush for being adventurous‚ or get an adrenaline rush. Some people are always down and feel like crap and to get themselves pumped up they possibly would break the law to feel alive for once. Some people break law because it may have been what they saw all there life while growing up. If you live in a family with very little and your parents or older siblings
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In our generation today‚ alcohol has seeped into the lives of teens and adults on severe levels‚ consequently‚ resulting in an addiction towards alcohol. Bottle after the other‚ the addiction only grows stronger‚ and so do the after effects it provides. These effects have become very catastrophic in the lives of these individuals‚ both on a physical and emotional levels. One of the beginning effects of becoming addicted to alcohol‚ is the immediate decrease in efficiency and overall performance
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don’t have the normal family life that other adolescents have experienced. Most of the time the child suffers due to a divorce. As Helen Keller wrote
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arouse the curiosity in minds of the people who have accepted a life in society and joined humanity the way that it is. It’s a strange thought that people could just walk away from their regular lives to put trust in something so foreign to them‚ but promises a great return or will save them from something that may cause harm. There are many reasons somebody may turn to join a cult‚ because they are very promising‚ and may be the only option remaining for some people because of a tragic event occurring
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Taking Risks What I Already Known/What I Want to Know While reading Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air‚ I began to wonder why individuals take extreme risks. Over the course of this novel‚ a team of highly trained mountain climbers attempts to climb Mount Everest in 1996. Several die‚ get injured‚ and go missing. Death becomes very familiar to the team of climbers. In the book‚ Hall and Hansen get stranded‚ Hansen runs out of supplemental oxygen and cannot continue; Fischer also gets stranded‚ Hansen
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WHY PEOPLE KEEP PETS Today owning a pet is a widespread phenomenon and is also becoming a trend in our society. Pets always have something to offer whether it is companionship or protection. Some people even have pets just for the sake of it. As stated in the dictionary‚ pets are a domesticated or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure. The reason why people keep pets is pets can improve your health‚ a source of exercise and provides companionship. There are many benefits from
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good because the people have acts of kindness‚ art & beauty and also heroism. Most people in the world show this characteristics and give the world knowledge and creative ideas to one another. People are good because they show act of kindness by helping one another. They show this in many ways by showing that they care for each other and also how they treat others. In the article teen soap charity‚ the boy selling the soaps is demonstrating act of kindness to help the people that were injured
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