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I now have Grit Scale scores from thousands of American adults. My data provide a snapshot of grit across adulthood.

Angela Duckworth

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There’s something about taking the path of least resistance that makes a lot of sense. But at the same time, we have to figure out which things in life are worth struggling through.
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There is a fluency and an ease with which true mastery and expertise always expresses itself, whether it be in writing, whether it be in a mathematical proof, whether it be in a dance that you see on stage, really in every domain. But I think the question is, you know, where does that fluency and mastery come from?
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I do think that whatever ambition I may have had natively was amplified by my father’s clear valuing of it. I knew that was what my dad really cared about.
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Many, many individuals will report starting to form their lifelong interests around adolescence. Why that is, researchers don’t fully know. But if you can take a trip down memory lane and see what interested you, that’s at least a clue as to where your interest may begin to develop.
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I ended up doubling the math time that a conventional school would have. But I don’t think any of these things were path-breaking or unusual.
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If you’re never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you’ll never get better.
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Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That’s what I’m after.
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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.
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Grit may carry risk because it’s about putting all your eggs in one basket, to some extent.
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At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails.
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And I’ve discovered a strikingly consistent pattern: grit and age go hand in hand. Sixty-somethings tend to be grittier, on average, than fifty-somethings, who are in turn grittier than forty-somethings, and so on.
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Psychologists call this the maturity principle. My own life experience fits this principle to a T.
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I worked hard as a teacher. But those are completely different career paths. And the lack of direction is why I didn’t get far enough in any of those things.
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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
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