Children with these characteristics are more likely to be leaders

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By Shana Lebowitz

The idea, talk and find that one day a businessman high performance may seem ridiculous that you too afraid cootie 10 years of picking his nose.

But a new study suggests it is possible. According to researchers at the University of Stirling in the UK and University College Dublin, high cognitive abilities in children predicts strong leadership potential in adulthood.

The researchers studied two groups of data from 17,000 people gathered for decades. At the age of 10 or 11, the participants cognitive tests that measured their verbal skills, thinking and general cognitive abilities underwent. Throughout his 30 and 40, were also asked about their management activities at work, as if all the monitored employees, and if so, how much.