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  2. Sisu - Wikipedia

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    Sisu is extraordinary determination in the face of extreme adversity, and courage that is presented typically in situations where success is unlikely. It expresses itself in taking action against the odds, and displaying courage and resoluteness in the face of adversity; in other words, deciding on a course of action, and then adhering to it even if repeated failures ensue.

  3. Failure - Wikipedia

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    Failure is the social concept of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and is usually viewed as the opposite of success. [1] The criteria for failure depends on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system.

  4. Success - Wikipedia

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    It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a success what another person considers a failure, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a ...

  5. Role-playing game terms - Wikipedia

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    Game designer Jeremy Crawford wrote, "In a perfect world, RAW and RAI align perfectly, but sometimes the words on the page don’t succeed at communicating the designers’ intent. Or perhaps the words succeed with one group of players but fail with another".

  6. Jonah complex - Wikipedia

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    The Jonah complex is the fear of success or the fear of being one's best. This fear prevents self-actualization, or the realization of one's own potential. [1] [2] It is the fear of one's own greatness, the evasion of one's destiny, or the avoidance of exercising one's talents.

  7. Meritocracy - Wikipedia

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    The purely Greek word is axiocracy (αξιοκρατία), from axios (αξιος, worthy) + "-cracy" (-κρατία, power). In this book the term had distinctly negative connotations as Young questioned both the legitimacy of the selection process used to become a member of this elite and the outcomes of being ruled by such a narrowly defined ...

  8. 3 Dirt Cheap Dividend-Paying Value Stocks to Buy Now - AOL

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    Here's why these three Motley Fool contributors have identified American Electric Power (NASDAQ: AEP), Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) as top dividend stocks to buy now ...

  9. Illusory superiority - Wikipedia

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    Windschitl, Kruger & Simms (2003) have conducted research into focalism, focusing specifically on the better-than-average effect, and found that asking participants to estimate their ability and likelihood of success in a task produced results of decreased estimations when they were asked about others' chances of success rather than their own. [11]