[ilia_lotov]

Conscientiousness is one of the traits, but it is not the only trait important in the process of life planning in my view. I started to think about this topic after re-reading PG's The Anatomy of Determination essay and Sam Altman's Productivity article. http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html?viewfullsite=1 https://blog.samaltman.com/productivity

[kleer001]

That essay you point to doesn't mention conscientiousness or even the big five personality traits.

Of the Big Five personality traits Conscientiousness is the only one strongly predictive of life success. It's the difference between starting a project and petering out or finishing it. It's the difference between self destructive behaviour and grit.

https://medium.com/@bryanye/how-conscientiousness-can-predic...

https://www.beyondinsurance.com/blog/conscientiousness-key-p...

https://www.headstuff.org/topical/science/practical-psycholo...

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/being-conscientious-one-stronge...

https://phys.org/news/2019-11-conscientious-strongest-predic...