Perseverance. Determination to succeed, or at least survive, at all costs. I think PG and Sam Altman affectionately call people like this 'cockroaches'. I ha

Perseverance. Determination to succeed, or at least survive, at all costs. I think PG and Sam Altman affectionately call people like this 'cockroaches'. I have many of the positive qualities listed in this thread but a decidedly mediocre amount of perseverance. After a month or so in the 'trough of sorrow' I become disillusioned and am ready to throw in the towel. Time and experience have mellowed me somewhat but I directly attribute success in my 20s to co-founders with a sufficient amount of cockroach DNA who would just not let the team quit no matter how hopeless it seemed.