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And so we know that, for example, openness and conscientiousness are very good predictors of life success,
眾所周知，開放性和責任感往往意味著成功，
but the open people achieve that success through being audacious and, occasionally, odd.
但開放的人在通往成功之路上變得大膽，有時甚至古怪。
The conscientious people achieve it through sticking to deadlines, to persevering, as well as having some passion.
有責任感的人會緊守最后期限，獲得成功，他們堅持不懈，他們懷有激情。
Extroversion and agreeableness are both conducive to working well with people.
外向性和宜人性都有助于與人和諧相處。
Extroverts, for example, I find intriguing.
比如外向的人，我就覺得很有趣。
With my classes, I sometimes give them a basic fact that might be revealing with respect to their personality:
在課堂上，我有時會講一個基本事實能揭示人的性格特點：
I tell them that it is virtually impossible for adults to lick the outside of their own elbow.
我說，一個成年人無法舔到他們的手肘外側。
Did you know that? Already, some of you have tried to lick the outside of your own elbow.
你們知道這事嗎？你們中有些人已經嘗試過舔自己的手肘外側了。
But extroverts amongst you are probably those who have not only tried,
但你們中那些外向的人不但已經嘗試過（舔自己的手肘）
but they have successfully licked the elbow of the person sitting next to them.
而且連坐他們旁邊的人的手肘也沒有放過。
Those are the extroverts.
這就是外向的人。
Let me deal in a bit more detail with extroversion,
讓我再討論一下外向性格的一些細節
because it's consequential and it's intriguing,
因為它影響深遠而且很有意思，
and it helps us understand what I call our three natures.
能幫我們理解人類的三種天性。
First, our biogenic nature -- our neurophysiology.
第一種是生物學天性——我們的神經生理學。
Second, our sociogenic or second nature, which has to do with the cultural and social aspects of our lives.
第二種是社會學天性，又叫第二天性，與我們的文化和社會屬性相關。
And third, what makes you individually you -- idiosyncratic -- what I call your "idiogenic" nature.
而第三種，讓你成為獨一無二的“你”，我稱之為場景特定天性。
