Word: imperfection
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...indicator, but an imperfect one. Adolescents and people in their early 20s are not famous for good judgment and sober reflection. Indeed, recent neurological studies reveal that the brain doesn't even finish laying down all its wiring until deep into the second decade of life - far beyond the babyhood years in which scientists once believed this basic work got done. "Adolescents tend to take more risks in general and tend to be more impulsive," says psychologist William Pollack, of McLean Hospital in Boston. "Boys [especially] are socialized into the idea that such behavior...
...Just heed this warning: The Children of Húrin is a darker, bitterer tale than we're used to seeing from Tolkien. Its hero is proud and imperfect and willful - more Boromir than Frodo - and his story is full of accidents and disasters, poisoned barbs and ruinous betrayals and grievous misunderstandings. Which makes sense: after all, if the good guys had beaten the forces of darkness in the First Age, they wouldn't have been stuck with Sauron in the Third...
...best players," says Cindy Davis, U.S. general manager for Nike Golf. "Starting at the top of the pyramid allowed us to draft off that credibility to appeal to other golfers." Nike followed that line with the more forgiving Slingshot series, which again innovated blade design and accommodated the imperfect swings of the average duffer...
...high stress levels, and low productivity. Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish motivation for healthy achievement from perfectionism. One of the main markers of perfectionism is a tendency towards all-or-nothing thinking. Events and experiences are seen as either all good or all bad, perfect or imperfect, with nothing in between—if something can’t be done perfectly, it’s not worth doing. I hear many students who struggle with this way of thinking talk about turning in a paper weeks late (or not at all) rather than turning...
...required to have moral failings and dark sides. Jack Bauer of 24 may be on the opposite side of the law from Tony, but he has likewise made ugly choices and bargains. From House to Prison Break to Shark, dramas are now full of lessons that the good are imperfect, that justice can come at a moral price and that sometimes you have to be a grade-A tool to get the job done...