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"They got a piano at Isabel's. You can practice on it.

"I just told you. To get out of Harlem."

I'm thinking about my future," said Sonny, grimly. "I think about it all the time."

And when light fills the room, the child is filled with darkness.

Daddy called "good- time people."

I'd never played the role of the oldest brother quite so seriously before, had scarcely ever, in fact, asked Sonny a damn thing.

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Am I the sum of my memories?

Many animals are born genetically preprogrammed, or “hardwired” for certaininstincts and behaviors. Genes guide the construction of their bodies and brainsin specific ways that define what they will be and how they’ll behave.

Our thoughts and our dreams, our memories and experiences all arise from this strangeneural material. Who we are is found within its intricate firing patterns ofelectrochemical pulses

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For a long time, I thought of HTML as a tool for publishing on the web, a way to create websites that other people can look at. But all these websites I’m creating are my local, personal archives – just for me. I’m surprised it took me this long to realise HTML isn’t just for sharing on the web.

A Taiwanese woman who speaks English as her second language may be praised for her competence in the English language in her home country but be viewed as less competent in the United States because of her accent.

There are some communication patterns shared by very large numbers of people and some that are particular to a dyad—best friends, for example, who have their own inside terminology and expressions that wouldn’t make sense to anyone else. These examples aren’t on the same scale as differing languages, but they still indicate that communication is learned.

Discussions and decisions that affect our communities happen around us all the time, but it takes time and effort to become a part of that process.

Poor listening skills were shown to contribute significantly to failure in a person’s first year of college.

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According to a recentDeloitte survey of IT and line-of-business executives, 86% of financial services AIadopters say that AI will be very or critically important to their business’s success inthe next two years. [

Purity is now defined in exclusionary terms (Neh. 13:7–9) as an act of religious obedience and loyalty to Yhwh

Often, divine victory requires little from the Israelite army, thus diminishing the importance of Israel’s contribution (von Rad 1991, 50). Jericho’s walls, for example, fall before the Israelites ever lift a sword (cf. Exod. 14:13).

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Holy War’s resonance with community beliefs facilitates Nehemiah’s representation of reality as unavoidable and natural (Allen 2011, 87; cf. Barthes 1974, 206). Comparing its usage in these two texts can refine our understanding of its rhetorical purpose in Nehemiah.

Holy war motifs add urgency to the construction of the boundary with the outside world. Set squarely in the midst of this tense external conflict is a tense internal confrontation over economic disparity (Neh. 5). Nehemiah resolves the issue in his usual authoritative manner, but the account suggests imperial demands underlie this tension as the chapter concludes with a defense of Nehemiah’s economic practices.

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“If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”

Dating in real life (IRL) is changing as more and more people use dating apps and websites.

. The only constant in digital culture is change, which may sound cliché, but the underlying ICT structures shift so often that it can be difficult for cultural trends to take hold.

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Gamers are already projected to spend approximately $30 billion on loot boxes this year alone, with this figure rising to $50 billion over the next four years [4].

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collapsed our media ecosystem into a small set of acceptable views, portrayed by dozens of sources that differ only aesthetically.

ight-wing and left-wing views are both held as equally “extreme,”

Bipartisanship is nice

we can easily identify what a facile, deceptive framing this is

Otero justified through the site’s “anti-corporate and popular liberal pseudo-science positions.

lionizes a political “center” as being without bias

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In the Black Lives Matters protests of 2020, Dallas Police made an app where they asked people to upload videos of protesters doing anything illegal. In support of the protesters, K-pop fans swarmed the app and uploaded as many K-pop videos as they could eventually leading to the app crashing and becoming unusable, and thus protecting the protesters from this attempt at Police surveillance.

For example, when covering abortion issues, Reason tends to use the term ‘abortion law,’ while CNN underscores its ideological position by using the term ‘abortion rights

While they found discrepancies in reporting foreign affairs, they attributed that to diversity in individual journalistic styles.

The focal point is the interaction between the Pharaoh’s daughter and baby Moses, emphasized by vertical placement.

rich narratives and profound messages found within religious art

Goltzius’s use of asymmetry in the composition adds to the sense of instability, reinforcing the theme of imbalance in Phaeton’s struggle

myths about hubris and the consequences of one's actions have resonated across time.

The composition achieves balance through asymmetry, with Mars's strong form and Venus's reclining figure creating a dynamic relationship.

The warm tones of Venus’s skin contrast with Mars’s cool toned armor, enhancing their mythological roles

The interaction of space and mass invites reflection on the themes of love, loss, and transformation in the myth, making this statue a powerful representation of classical mythology in this museum's collection.

The focal point is Venus’s face, bathed in light, which draws the viewer’s gaze and highlights her divine beauty amidst the surrounding darkness.

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In the early Internet message boards that were centered around different subjects, experienced users would “troll for newbies” by posting naive questions that all the experienced users were already familiar with. The “newbies” who didn’t realize this was a troll would try to engage and answer, and experienced users would feel superior and more part of the group knowing they didn’t fall for the troll like the “newbies” did. These message boards are where the word “troll” with this meaning comes from.

these enhanced resources, once acquired, are durable, and persist long beyond the fleet-ing emotional states that generate their original acquisition.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepre-neurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."

high levels of passion may in fact increase persistence and aid in opportu-nity recognition

high levels of confidence, and the high degrees of positive affect with which they are associated, help entrepreneurs to develop an array of skills that contribute to their resilience and allow them to recover from failure when it occurs

These broadened perspectives (or "mindsets," as Fredrickson terms them) then assist individuals in building a wide array of personal resources, both intellectual (e.g., increased knowledge and intellectual complexity) and psychological (e.g., enhanced resilience, opti-mism, and creativity;

entrepreneurs' passion is not as crucial as has often been assumed. Being well prepared may, in fact, be more important.

How do they cope with these devastating setbacks when they occur, and bounce back to try again?

invest substantial portions of their time and energy in efforts to pursue their dreams, and if the dreams evapo-rate they may take with them large portions of the entrepreneurs' self-esteem, reputations, and personal wealth

very high levels of passion may be perceived as signs of insincerity or as efforts to introduce irrelevant and distracting elements into the situation

It is a sad fact of life that many people resist change,

there appear to be grounds for caution in terms of viewing entrepreneurial passion as a very central factor in entrepreneurs' success.

applicants can indeed easily "overdo it" in their efforts to make a good impression on interviewers

helping entrepreneurs maintain their commitment even in the face of major setbacks.

Does entrepreneurs' passion influence their success in obtaining· support (financial, human) for their ideas?

he higher the ratings of preparedness, the greater the likelihood that the participants (i.e., the executive MBA students) would invest in the company. In contrast, outward signs of passion by the presenters were not significantly related to these decisions.

the positive feelings entrepreneurs experience about their ideas and new ventures lead them to set challenging goals, to be deeply committed to them, and to work diligently to attain them. This, in turn, encourages the entrepreneurs to engage in vigorous efforts to deal with and resolve problems related to their entrepreneurial activities, to persist in these activities, and to be deeply and continuously absorbed in them. The overall result is that entrepreneurial passion, through these intervening processes, influences important out-comes ranging from opportunity recognition to efforts to attain high levels of growth and profitability.

entre-preneurial passion involves both a powerful emotional component (intense positive feelings) and important cognitive aspects

entrepreneurial passion as the "consciously accessible intense positive feelings experienced [by entrepreneurs] through engage-ment in entrepreneurial activities associated with roles that are meaningful and salient to the self-identity of the entrepreneur.

Being "upbeat" is indeed often a plus; but there appear to be clear limits to its benefits

several roles entrepre-neurs play: inventor-someone who formulates ideas for something new; founder-someone who actually launches a new venture or takes other steps to convert these ideas into something real; and developer-someone who works long and hard to make these efforts successful.

it is first essential to figure out precisely what we mean by the term entrepreneurial passion

one characteristic widely viewed as making entrepreneurs "special" is their passion-their intense positive feelings about, and com-mitment to, their activities as entrepreneurs

entrepreneurs and the new ventures they lead may be at particular risk of experiencing the detrimental effects of very high levels of dispositional positive affect.

there may be discrete limits to the beneficial effects of positive affect. Up to a point, rising levels of positive affect generate mainly positive effects, but beyond some discrete point these benefits decrease and may be replaced by detrimental outcomes.

"obsessive passion" led to rigid persistence in the task at hand-a tendency that limits individuals' ability to develop novel or creative solutions.

"there is no such thing as an unmitigated good. All positive traits, states, and experiences have costs that at high levels may begin to outweigh their benefits

high levels of such passion can sometimes reduce individuals' capacity to persist

self-regulation-the processes through which individuals direct or guide their own thinking and actions so as to achieve important goals

In sum, entrepreneurs' high levels of enthusiasm, confidence, and optimism may serve both as a source of personal strength and a source of potential danger.

high levels of positive affect-especially forms of positive affect that are high in both positive valence and activation (e.g., enthusiasm, excitement) have been found to encourage impulsiveness-the tendency to act without adequate thought, abruptly, and with little or no regard for potential nega-tive consequences

passion that is too positive or intense can limit an entrepreneur's creative problem solving ... because the entrepreneur is resistant to explor-ing alternative options, fearing that doing so may dilute ... their intense positive experience.

positive affect-especially at very high levels-may also have an important "downside."

o regulate their own thoughts and actions, and that in turn can have det-rimental effects on their capacity to meet important goals or standards.

state positive affect (i.e., positive affect produced by discrete events) and dispositional positive affect (i.e., stable tendencies to experience positive moods and emotions across time and situations).

Among the most consistently reported beneficial effects are the following: (1) increased energy, (2) enhanced cognitive flexibility, (3) increased generation of new ideas, ( 4) greater confidence and self-efficacy, (5) adoption of efficient decision-making strategies (e.g., satisficing), (6) increased use of heuristics that can reduce cognitive effort, and (7) improved ability to cope with stress and adversity

gnoring negative input can be a very dangerous tendency for entrepreneurs

high levels of positive affect have been found to reduce attention to negative information--especially information that contradicts currently held beliefs and attitudes

"People who experience a preponderance of positive emotions tend to be successful and accomplished across multiple life domains ... not merely because success leads to happiness, but because positive affect engenders success."

the tendency to experience and express positive affect is strongly associated with many desirable outcomes

Positive affect increases the volume of creative ideas, but, when intense, can actually interfere with careful evalua-tion of such ideas, especially in the absence of offsetting negative affect.

There is a powerful and general belief that being "positive" -experiencing and expressing positive feelings-is an important "plus" in life.

emotional reactions appear to overrule logic

evidence from neuroscience research indicates that affect plays a fundamental role in human thought, and that trying to understand cognitive processes such as decision making, planning, and problem solving in isolation from affect and emotion is unlikely to yield the full, comprehensive information we seek.

expectations (an aspect of cognition) often strongly influence the emotions and feelings we experienc

current moods strongly influence perceptions of the external world,

current moods influence memory

To examine this relationship in detail, the present chapter proceeds as follows.

current moods influence creativity

wo basic dimensions: activation (low-high) and valence (pleasant-unpleasant).

the benefits and potential costs for entrepreneurs of positive affect-positive moods, feelings, and emotions-will be exam-ined.

entrepreneurs are somewhat higher than other persons in extraversion-a tendency to be outgoing, expressive, and sociable

Clearly, this involves their ability to manage their own emotions (e.g., Baumeister, Zell, and Tice, 2007), one key component of emotional intelligence (e.g., Salovey and Grewal, 2005), which includes the capacities to recognize emotions accurately (in others · and ourselves), to use them to advance important activities and goals, and to manage one's own emotions effectively.

attention will be turned to entrepreneurial passion, the powerful positive feelings and deep commitment entrepreneurs feel with respect to their ideas for something new and useful

the emo-tional effects of failure, and how entrepreneurs attempt to cope with it, will be considered

entrepreneurs tend to be relatively high in expressiveness, the propensity to communicate their feelings and emotions in outward, visible ways

passion influences entrepreneurs' goals and self-efficacy (their beliefs that they can accomplish whatever they set out to accomplish)

Affect encompasses both moods, which are often relatively long-lasting reactions but are not clearly focused on specific events or objects (e.g., cheerfulness, depression), and emotions, which are generally shorter in duration but more specifically directed toward a particular object (e.g., a person, event, object), and include reactions such as anger, sorrow, and joy

entrepreneurs-in contrast to other groups such as managers-tend to truly ride an emotional roller-coaster. Their "highs" are higher and their "lows" lower than those experienced by many other persons.

several studies indicate that passion-entrepreneurs' powerful commitment to their ideas, visions, and ventures-plays an important role in their success

entrepreneurs are indeed higher than other persons in optimism-the belief that events will generate positive outcomes

We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm.

here is a "feeling" side of life too, and it is just as important and central as cognition

it is clear that entrepreneurs often lead an incredibly rich emotional life. Typically, they show intense com-mitment to and enthusiasm for the ideas they generate. Further, they are known for high levels of optimism, enthusiasm, energy, and perseverance in the face of adversity-reactions with strong emotional components

the goal is to show studentsthat performance can improve with practice. This belief is essential as it provides studentswith the motivation necessary to endure otherwise imperceptible progress.

expos-ing students to real-life cases where grit is easily observed gives students the message thatthey can be successful in spite of hardship

the dependent variable in the study is entrepre-neurial intent, which does not necessarily translate into entrepreneurial action

Ideally, grit will become an inherent component ofthe learning environment experienced by university students. This in turn will result inmore entrepreneurs and more successful entrepreneurs

here was a strong positive associationbetween grit and entrepreneurial intentions. It was also found that grit shared a significantpositive correlation with both agreeableness and conscientiousness

grittier peopleare more optimistic when failing and that is why they continue to put forth more effort.

practitioners should teach students strategies for setting goals (Willingham, 2016).Grit requires perseverance toward a long-term goal. As such, learning to set good goals isthe first step in developing grit in students.

the high grit participants emerged as havingsignificantly higher means scores for entrepreneurial intent than their counterparts in thelow grit group

Given the fierce competitive environment facing new and young businesses, it isn’tunrealistic to assume that grittier entrepreneurs will be more successful.

Can grit be taught?

this studymakes an important contribution in that it substantiates the notion that grit is a meaning-ful variable for comparing entrepreneurial intentions between groups.

In a study of university students, Lucas, Gratch, Cheng,and Marsella (2015) found that grittier participants increased their effort in a losing situationcompared to less gritty participants.

business education, that teaches grit,may influence entrepreneurial intent.

grit as one of several self-regulatory processesneeded to support entrepreneurship

The results of this study are intriguing in that extraversion and entrepreneurial intentwere not significantly correlated

individuals higher in grit are higher in conscientiousness and agree-ableness and lower in neuroticism

Since the sample consisted of college students focusing on entrepreneurial intent, itmay be that, in this population, students with more extraverted personalities are fo-cused on positive emotion, sociability, energy, and stimulation in their current environ-ment.

highgrit students had higher means scores for entrepreneurial intent than their counterpartsin the low grit group.

business education allows students to be more realistic about what is neededto start a business, essentially suggesting that endurance (i.e., grit) development should bea cornerstone of the curriculum

Ultimately,openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism predicted grit

Participants’grit was measured using 12-item scale created by Duckworth et al. (2007).Items on this scale were evenly distributed between two subscales: Grit Interest andGrit Effort

older students exhibited greater entrepreneurial intent.Surprisingly, there was no significant correlation between age and grit. Grit was, however,positively correlated to the number of business classes that students had taken. This sug-gested that students who take lots of business courses are likely to have a high grit scoreas well

correlations between the Big Five and grit werepositive for agreeableness and conscientiousness and negative for neuroticism

Duckworth et al.(2007) found a positive association between grit and age

grittier students were less put offby hard practice, which is the most significant predictor of long-term performancegains

Mean scores on the Big Five personality traits (openness, extraversion, agreeable-ness, and neuroticism) will be significantly different between students with high gritscores and those with low grit scores

A group of students who are higher in grit are expected to have higher meanscores on entrepreneurial intent than a group lower in grit.

educators and men-tors may be able to influence grit by encouraging individuals not only to work with in-tensity, but also to build stamina in pursuit of long-term goals

Significant intercorrelations exist among the study variables (participants’age, thenumber of business classes they had taken, the Big Five, grit, and entrepreneurial intent)

Overall, this study aims to explore the influence of grit on entrepreneurial intentions (i.e.,an individual’s inclination to start new businesses). In particular, a better understanding ofgrit, personality traits, and entrepreneurial intentions may inform business educators

Grit, like personality is an individual difference variable; however, unlike personalityDuckworth et al. (2007) purported that grit may be influenced (e.g., through educa-tional interventions) and changed over time.

Gritty

entrepreneurial intentions precede entrepreneurial actions

there has been increasing interest in examiningself-regulatory processes in entrepreneurship. Self-regulation is associated with successin a number of different areas of activity.

elf-regulatoryprocesses should be especially related to entrepreneurship within innovation ecosys-tems. Innovation ecosystems are competitive environments in which the member orga-nizations share a common set of technologies, knowledge, or skills.

with long time horizons, avoid distractions, invest a lot of effort into those goals, andare not deterred by difficulties.

grit was related to conscientiousness more than anyother of the Big Five personality traits. Grit and conscientiousness share variability intheir focus on achievement; however, grit is distinct in explaining the unique variabilityin persevering toward a long-term goal, while conscientiousness is more short-term ori-entated.

Grit entails the focus of attention onand stamina in pursuit of long-term goals, which are referred to as consistency of inter-est and perseverance of effort (

Most people would agree, at least anecdotally, that individuals who work hard withpractice and diligence may be successful despite of a lack of natural talent

finalists with more grit performed better than non-gritty fi-nalists, due in part to more hours spent studying

These two studies show that talent or IQ, alone, does not translate to success. It takesgrit to be successful.

self-regulation occurred through theindividual’s control over thoughts, emotions, impulses, motivations, and finally behav-iors

People who have grit stick with their goals for years even when there are set-backs and failures

self-regulation was a better indicator of academic per-formance than intelligence

the current study adds to the literature by examining howgrit, a construct related to, yet distinct from conscientiousness, influences the entrepre-neurial intentions that precede future entrepreneurial actions

an individual effectively selects goals, chooses appropriate strategies andactions to achieve those goals, and attends to feedback in order to monitor progressand adjust actions to stay on course or avoid obstacles

entrepreneurs scored higher on conscientiousness and openness to experiencethan managers

the currentstudy sought to elaborate on the impact of individual differences on the entrepreneurialprocess, thus bolstering the explanatory power of broad personality traits through grit.

The current study does not attempt to arrive at an“entrepreneurial personality;”rather, it seeks to understand the variability in entrepreneurialintent explainable by broad personality traits, i.e., the Big Five.

Itshould be further noted that there is evidence from meta-analyses that measures of broadpersonality traits, like the Big Five, do explain variability in entrepreneurial intent

They studiedundergraduate student’s GPA and SAT scores compared to their grit score.

The inconclusiveness ofprevious research leads researchers to wonder if the Big Five traits are too general, sosome researchers have attempted to explain entrepreneurial behavior through more spe-cific traits.

higher grit scores correlated with higher GPAs

a comprehensive framework for the numerous traitsthat can describe a personality. To this end he used the Big Five personality traits:openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroti-cism

individ- uals with an “entrepreneurial personality”tend to be proactive.

ntrepre-neurial intent as “...a self-acknowledged conviction by a person that they intend to setup a new business venture and consciously plan to do so at some point in the future”

some researchers have endeavored to measure per-sonality in narrow traits to attempt to capture the elusive “entrepreneurial personality.”

entrepre- neurial intent was associated with individuals who were high in openness, conscientiousness,extraversion, and average on agreeableness.

those high in agreeableness related negatively to entrepreneurial intent.

people who were exceptionally open to experi-ence or those who were high in conscientious as related positively to entrepreneurial intent

personality traits precede entrepreneurial inten

A positive relationship between openness and entrepreneurial intentand no relationship between neuroticism and entrepreneurial intent is the only consensus inthese studies.

resultsconfirmed that there was a strong positive association between grit andentrepreneurial intentions

ersonality traits predict entrepreneurial intention, aside from neuroticism, which wasnegatively related

intent may ormay not lead to entrepreneurial action in starting a business and future success.

intent reliably predicts human action

We introduce grit as apotential mechanism through which personality traits relate to entrepreneurial intent

entrepreneurial intent

This project specifically aims to explore the role that the individual characteristic ofgrit plays in relation to entrepreneurial intentions.

Research in the field of entrepre-neurship has placed models of entrepreneurial intentions at the center of our under-standing of the entrepreneurial proces