I don’t see being impulsive as not being conscientious.They're generalizations. Averages.
Being conscientious is like having a winning attribute whereas being not impulsive is like having the ability to minimize potential self-damage. Having the will power to do 50 push up a day for example to me is not really like being Not impulsive to say no from not doing..and give yourself a break. One is having the ability to say yes to pain. The other is like having the ability to say no to pleasure. I suspect the mental mechanics behind them are different.
Anecdotally I see being conscientious tend to correlate with being hyper competitive. Remind me of the child who cried for three days after losing a online game. I suspect there is a highly genetic component. It is almost like being not agreeable, in matters that concern personal standards..Remember the thread about the dude who wants to rob his pharmaceutical competitor at gun point ...happens to be unfortunately applying a good attribute in a bad way.
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