Explanation of different metrics

• Abstraction The ability to abstract concepts from ideas
• Connection The ability to make connections between things that don't initially have an apparent connection
• Perspective The ability to shift ones perspective on a situation - in terms of space and time, and other people
• Curiosity The desire to change or improve things that everyone else accepts as the norm
• Boldness The confidence to push boundaries beyond accepted conventions. Also the ability to eliminate fear of what others think of you
• Paradox The ability to simultaneously accept and work with statements that are contradictory
• Complexity The ability to carry large quantities of information and be able to manipulate and manage the relationships between such information
• Persistence The ability to force oneself to keep trying to derive more and stronger solutions even when good ones have already been generated