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There's A Sort Of Sibling Moratorium When You're Establishing Yourself As An Adult. So Much Of Your Energy Has To Be Focused On Other Things Like Work And Kids. But When People Become More Settled, Siblings Tend To Regroup Because Now You're Building A New Extended Family.

Confidence Quickly Curdles Into Arrogance; Smarts Turn To Smugness, Charm Turns To Smarm.

Older Siblings Get More Total-immersion Mentoring With Their Parents Before Younger Siblings Come Along. As A Result, They Get An Iq And Linguistic Advantage Because They Are The Exclusive Focus Of Their Parents' Attention.

When Our Culture Shifts, It Tends To Overcorrect, Throwing Out Everything Associated With An Era We've Moved Past, Rather Than Saving What Was Good And Combining It With What Is New.

It's Far Too Much To Say That Effective Hoping Is The Only - Or Even The Biggest - Part Of What It Takes To Succeed. If 14% Of Business Productivity Can Be Attributed To Hope, That Means 86% Is Dependent On Raw Talent, Fickle Business Cycles, The Quality Of The Product You're Selling, And Often Pure, Dumb Luck.