Talent - really, everyone agrees, it's multidimensional, and often overlooked in standard assessments. That's not hard for people to accept.
Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students. 
Character is incredibly jagged, and incredibly contextualized, even to the point where I still feel uncomfortable thinking about it.
It's fine to pretend that people are one-dimensional, like in body size; the problem comes when you forget that you are just pretending. 
Education and the workforce: I think these two things go together in terms of human potential.
Behavior isn't something someone "has." Rather, it emerges from the interaction of a person's biology, past experiences, and immediate context.
