There are degrees for all this stuff. I'm probably average or slightly better for reliability because of my health problems (because I have health issues, I don

There are degrees for all this stuff. I'm probably average or slightly better for reliability because of my health problems (because I have health issues, I don't drink or use drugs, I exercise regularly, and I rarely allow myself to get less than 7 hours of sleep). However, I wouldn't want to be in a job where I have to compete on reliability. If I'm a 9 for creativity and a 5 for reliability, then I'd rather compete based on potential excellence than on my decline curve, knowing that while I won't be the first to drop off, I have no chance of being the last one standing. Forgive my cynicism, but I think that 99% of what determines who can acquire trust in the corporate system is a person's decline curve. That's how people are tested. The winners are the extremely reliable and the sociopaths who can hack the system. Technology is more enlightened, but still corrupted by typical white-collar culture. The importance of reliability depends on the job. You wouldn't want an emotionally unstable person as someone's boss, for sure.