The Successful Academic (<http://chronicle.com/article/Anatomy-of-a-Successful/133323/>)
People who get things done and accomplish their goals often share these traits:
- Resilience: The ability to recover from setbacks and cope effectively with stress
- Grit: Perseverance and passion for challenging long-term goals
- Conscientiousness: A tendency to be orderly, self-controlled, industrious, responsible, and willing to delay gratification
- Creativity: The willingness to break with convention, challenge the status quo, and come up with new ideas
- Focus: The ability to zero in on one thing at a time, tune out distractions, and avoid multitasking
- Self regulation: An awareness of what matters and the discipline to avoid temptations and see a task through