http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/opinion/16brooks.html?em=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1229533215-sj/96WaaFNtvjk91gadrNA Industriousness and a positive outlook seem to be the key predictors of success. Brooks comments on Gladwell’s latest book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8h-xEuLfm8 I see this again every few years and I’m still astounded by the clarity of Russell’s explanation and the applicability of these two imperatives.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/01/03/259136596/youre-invisible-but-ill-eat-you-anyway-secrets-of-snow-diving-foxes Krulwich tells an amazing story about how foxes hunt in winter. Amazing to see! And how cute is his drawing of a pouncing fox?