1/ “I don’t particularly care about the usual. If you want to get an idea of a friend’s temperament, ethics, and personal elegance you need to look at him under the test of severe circumstances, not under the regular rosy glow of daily life. Can you assess the danger a criminal

2/ poses by examining only what he does on an ordinary day?"
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb (The Black Swan)

@nntaleb /3 In case anyone was wondering, yes, this has profound consequences for personality assessment and clinical case formulation. We learn relatively little of psychological import under the "rosy glow" of easy times and comfortable circumstances.