- Attunement - - The ability to enter other minds and learn what they have to offer.
- Equipose - - The ability to serenely monitor the movements of one's own mind and correct for biases and shortcomings.
- Metis - - The ability to see patterns in the world and derive a gist from complex situations.
- Sympathy - - The ability to fall into a rhythm with those around you and thrive in groups.
- Limerence - - This isn't a talent as much as a motivation. The conscious mind hungers for those moments of transcendence when the skull line falls away and we are lost in love for another, the challenge of a task or the love of God. Some people seem to experience this drive more powerfully than others.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Deeper Talents
David Brooks has a new book out - - The Social Animal (2011). He points out in the book that we have tended to define human capital in the narrowest manner - - IQ, degrees, professional registration, and technical skills. For an engineer, all of these skills are critical for professional success. But Brooks points out that a ranger of deeper talents, those that span both reason and emotion, are also critical. Five of these are outlined below:
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