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The FBI Academy teaches new agents that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
Ronald Kessler
Future
Best
Behavior
Past
New
Academy
Predictor
Agents
Teaches
Research shows that whether you are low-income or not, mindset is a bigger predictor of success than academic skills, and how students gain great academic skills and persevere in the face of challenges.
Wendy Kopp
Success
Great
You
Challenges
Face
Research
Mindset
Students
Academic
How
Persevere
Than
Bigger
Gain
Whether
Predictor
Low-Income
Skills
Shows
One predictor for divorce is contempt, which to me is just another word for disrespect.
Elizabeth Banks
Me
Word
Disrespect
Divorce
Contempt
Another
Just
Which
Predictor
In my case, symptoms began to appear when I was only 57. In fact, the doctors believe early-onset Alzheimer's has a strong genetic predictor, and that it may have been progressing for some years before I was diagnosed.
Pat Summitt
Strong
Doctors
Before
Believe
Progressing
Symptoms
Some
Case
Only
Fact
Genetic
Diagnosed
Alzheimer
Been
Years
Began
May
In Fact
Predictor
Appear
But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job.
Daniel Goleman
You
Intelligence
Will
Job
Stronger
Field
Relationships
Our
Once
Ourselves
Emerges
Determines
Given
Emotional
Emotional Intelligence
Most
Well
Because
How
Handle
Predictor
Much
Successful
Who
Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.
Pamela Meyer
Angry
You
Signs
Once
Easy
Someone
Facial
Only
Divorce
Contempt
Couples
Spot
Got
Still
Been
Predictor
Them
Dismissed
Successfully
Researcher
Display
Expression
Aware
I find the strongest predictor of people who do well at Shopify is whether they see opportunity as something to compete for, or do they see opportunity as essentially everywhere and unlimited? It's a rough proxy for pessimism and optimism.
Tobias Lutke
People
Opportunity
Unlimited
Everywhere
Find
See
Strongest
Something
Well
Optimism
Essentially
Whether
Predictor
Pessimism
Who
Rough
Compete
Your subjective sense of how well you're doing under conditions of sleep deprivation is a miserable predictor of, objectively, how you actually are doing.
Matthew Walker
You
Miserable
Sense
Objectively
Well
How
Doing
Subjective
Conditions
Predictor
Deprivation
Your
Actually
Sleep
If your startup is only in the development or idea stage, there is almost no better predictor of failure - I mean, utter failure, scorched-earth bankruptcy - than raising too much money in the first round.
Steve Jurvetson
Failure
Money
Better
Too Much
First
Stage
Startup
Too
Too Much Money
Only
Almost
Idea
Development
Than
Bankruptcy
Predictor
Mean
Much
Your
Round
Utter
Raising
Political scientists have long argued that party identification is the best possible predictor of voting behavior and is remarkably sticky over time.
Rick Perlstein
Time
Best
Voting
Political
Behavior
Long
Party
Possible
Argued
Remarkably
Over
Identification
Sticky
Scientists
Predictor
Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations.
Peter Blair Henry
Future
Health
Achievement
Age
Discipline
Delay
Young
Ability
Economic
Individual
Powerful
Academic
Also
Just
Nations
Young Age
Central
Predictor
Professional
Gratification