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		sp332 on Aug 27, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic ... It's not about effort, it's about self-control. If you had been able to make yourself work on the class assignments, even if you didn't like them, you would have better grades.

jibiki on Aug 27, 2009 [–]

If you had been able to make yourself work on chess problems, even if you didn't like them, you would have been better at chess.

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