Compassion. Certainly perseverence is the most important thing to have to get ahead in terms of worldly goods... but to get ahead in *life*.. To make friends and find love, you need compassion, first and foremost.
Honesty? Perhaps, but sometimes compassion requires us to lie.
Mental acuity? It's very nice to have, yes, but if you can't have that and compassion, you're sort of lost, too.
At least, that's my take on things.
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