By: Johanna Leggatt | School marks are important. But resilience is the real indicator of success | Johanna Leggatt | Neuroscience | The Guardian
My job highlights were opportunities I convinced someone to give me. The better equipped you are to handle adversity, the more likely you’ll achieve your goals
School reunions are funny places. The adolescent nicknames reborn over tepid buffets, the standard platitudes (“You haven’t changed a bit!”), the shock at the domestication of the surly malcontent you once had a crush on.
Most of us are keen to find out what became of the school standout, the person voted “Most Likely to Succeed”. Is their research published in peer-reviewed journals? Are they climbing the corporate ladder? Have they developed an app?
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