tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post115287916966806812..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Leadership Really Is the Best InvestmentGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1153174386490728332006-07-17T18:13:00.000-04:002006-07-17T18:13:00.000-04:00Many of the Posse kids have lived a high-stress li...Many of the Posse kids have lived a high-stress life, and emerged as strong and creative doers. I am looking forward to them, and their comrades, enlivening the college for years to come.<BR/><BR/>And then taking over the world :-)Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1153168473333172622006-07-17T16:34:00.000-04:002006-07-17T16:34:00.000-04:00Gotta agree with you here."Research has found that...Gotta agree with you here.<BR/><BR/>"Research has found that IQ predicted leadership skills when the tests were given under low-stress conditions, but under high-stress conditions, IQ was negatively correlated with leadership--that is, it predicted the opposite."<BR/><BR/>http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/~reingold/courses/intelligence/cache/1198yam.htmltbjohnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08259927047382041394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1153020579424274042006-07-15T23:29:00.000-04:002006-07-15T23:29:00.000-04:00I agree that the Millionaire books are wonderfully...I agree that the Millionaire books are wonderfully instructive about hard work and savings. <BR/><BR/>As to schooling drive, I think it may be more a matter of not driving it out of them with too easy wealth.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1152912270890737472006-07-14T17:24:00.000-04:002006-07-14T17:24:00.000-04:00How do you school the vision of driven people? Wh...How do you school the vision of driven people? What do you think is most effective in doing that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1152909309873224182006-07-14T16:35:00.000-04:002006-07-14T16:35:00.000-04:00a fine take on this theme is in "The Millionaire N...a fine take on this theme is in "The Millionaire Next Door" and "Millionaire Mind" by Ted Stanley -- he shows that those who are balance sheet wealthy (as opposed to those who generate a huge income -- and then blow it on triviality) tend not to be the best students -- but they develop habits of resiliancy, perseverance, working with people, and knowing themselves. They also tend to be low key decent folk. Both books are certainly worth the read.<BR/><BR/>RussellRussell Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211649998381604221noreply@blogger.com