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Some people prefer a world where we’re all equally talented in everything. Whether you prefer that world or not, I don’t think that world exists.

Angela Duckworth

Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right?
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Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.
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Some of the things we do are great, but they often have these iterations that are not great. We screw up sometimes. We get rejected.
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Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up.
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Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
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I think the very idea of character, of developing not just grit, but empathy and curiosity, emotional intelligence.
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I stayed for lunch for extra tutoring, gave kids my cell phone, and was available. In my first year of teaching,
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Some people prefer a world where we’re all equally talented in everything. Whether you prefer that world or not, I don’t think that world exists.
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If you are a young person who is wanting to develop a passion, you cannot expect anyone else to tell you what that passion would be.
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When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in management consulting for a job that was even more demanding: teaching. I went to teach seventh graders math in the New York City public schools.
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I know that instructional time is a zero-sum game, but if we want kids to do well academically, it’s hard to imagine that happening if they don’t have some control over their attention.
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Most teachers, when surveyed, say that it is part of their job to help students develop things like grit. This is especially true at the elementary and middle school levels. They feel it’s part of their vocation to teach other things that are not formally academic content.
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Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.
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I believe kids should choose what they want to do, because it’s their life, but they have to choose something, and they can’t quit in the middle unless there’s a really good reason.
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The most important thing parents can do, although it’s not the only thing they should do, is model the behavior they want from their kids.
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