They have. The morality part comes the way we apply those gifts. Boris Shoshensky
-- William Conger <[email protected]> wrote: Some terrorists psychopathic murderers have these gifts. So, is there a moral gift, too? WC --- On Fri, 1/2/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Malcolm Gladwell > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 1:10 PM > I see it similar way. > Boris Shoshensky > > -- [email protected] wrote: > "I'll submit two candidates. They are both gifts > that, it seems to me, one is > either born with or not, and there's no > "acquiring" them. (Though one may not > be aware of having them until the need/opportunity to > exploit them arises.) > > The first is mental stamina -- the ability to hang in there > alertly on a > "project" far long longer than most. > > The second has already been touched on, perhaps: The > capacity to be > "interested". I'd call it > "curiosity", but it's more than that. And it > does > not > automatically come with smarts, talent, or stamina. > It's its own gift". > > ____________________________________________________________ > Don't pay a high mortgage rate. Click to find an > affordable mortgage. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/PnY6rx9L4aAJCkcUFfx917WK7nqowp > PZUQndgQlI6vUVWZ7dEtpuk/
