Ironically, the qualities that help you succeed as an entrepreneur -- relentless optimism, willingness to tackle any challenge, a stubborn belief in yourself and your business -- also make it hard to assess your own weaknesses dispassionately.
Mr. Dold, as Democrats understand with equal consternation, is a deep-pocketed rival whose relentless cheer and willingness to press his case aggressively with skeptics may help him persuade voters disenchanted with the dismal state of the Illinois economy.
Almost everything she tried to do was undermined by their relentless hostility and their willingness to hunt down every private misjudgement.
The political centerpiece of the trip is the scheduled six-hour visit to Myanmar, which is considered strategic in the reorientation to Asia not only because of its location bordering China, but because its leaders have signaled their pique with China's relentless search for natural resources and their willingness to tilt toward the West as a way of counterbalancing their imposing neighbor.
She quickly observed that many of the incarcerated men she met shared key qualities with the visionary entrepreneurs she worked with every day — a relentless drive to turn a profit, the willingness to take calculated risks and charisma that turns a no into a yes.
Relentless curiosity, the capacity to see the invisible, a willingness to reach outside one's own disciplinary silo, and continuous revision and reformulation are all components of the kind of problem finding you need to adopt to assure an important scientific career.
But Iraqis have mostly shown a willingness to set aside immediate vengeance for the relentless pursuit of justice.
American Jews are largely liberal, and largely support Barack Obama; Mr Netanyahu's relentless baiting of Mr Obama over the past five years has already tested their willingness to take Israel's side.
The puffed out chest and positive ball-carrying intent, the willingness to dribble, offered an echo of Gascoigne alongside a relentless desire to create and provide for the likes of Wayne Rooney, another significant England figure at Wembley.
