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The UO Board of Trustees formally accepted Gottfredson's resignation and appointed Scott Coltrane as interim president the following day. As of late 2014, Gottfredson is a research professor of Criminology, Law & Society at University of California, Irvine. He held various positions at the University of Arizona from 1985 to 2000, and has been ...
Open-mindedness is receptiveness to new ideas. Open-mindedness relates to the way in which people approach the views and knowledge of others. [1] Jason Baehr defines an open-minded person as one who "characteristically moves beyond or temporarily sets aside his own doxastic commitments in order to give a fair and impartial hearing to the intellectual opposition". [2]
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
Mental toughness is a measure of individual psychological resilience and confidence that may predict success in sport, education, and in the workplace. [1] The concept emerged in the context of sports training and sports psychology, as one of a set of attributes that allow a person to become a better athlete and able to cope with difficult training and difficult competitive situations and ...
47. "The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.” – Vince Lombardi. 48. "Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of ...
Napoleon, who along with W. Clement Stone, founder of Combined Insurance, later wrote Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude, defines positive mental attitude as comprising the 'plus' characteristics represented by words as faith, integrity, hope, optimism, courage, initiative, generosity, tolerance, tact, kindliness and good common sense. [2]
10. "Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak. Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice.
The Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) is a nonprofit organization based in Berkeley, California, that hosts workshops on rationality and cognitive bias.It was founded in 2012 by Julia Galef, Anna Salamon, Michael Smith and Andrew Critch, [3] to improve participants' rationality using "a set of techniques from math and decision theory for forming your beliefs about the world as accurately ...