Perseverance can be trained. In fact, I think that's probably the only way to get it.
As for curiosity, I don't think I've ever met a child who wasn't born with it. The goal there might have to be to avoid anything that would cause a child to unlearn it.
As for curiosity, I don't think I've ever met a child who wasn't born with it. The goal there might have to be to avoid anything that would cause a child to unlearn it.