What quality is shared by the great innovators and leaders in science, arts and public life? What characteristic is common to such restless and inspirational figures as Theodore Roosevelt, Richard Feynman, Humphry Davy and James Watson, the co-discover of DNA? Jamison believes that there is a common thread in these disparate psyches, and she calls it 'exuberance'. She describes this as an intersection of various different capacities: boundless optimism, energy, an ability to captivate others, a sense of joy, and a continuation into adulthood of the child's capacity for wonder and play.
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