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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.

Angela Duckworth

Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up.
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I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can’t do anything about them.
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To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it.
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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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I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience.
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It’s also stamina in your direction, stamina in your interests. If you are working on different things but all of them very hard, you’re not really going to get anywhere. You’ll never become an expert.
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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort.
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As our knees and hips and eyesight deteriorate, we become more dependable, less impulsive, kinder, and less moody.
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The parenting style that is good for grit is also the parenting style good for most other things: Be really, really demanding, and be very, very supportive.
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I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus, I think that those are things I would aspire to or hope for for all our children.
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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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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
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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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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.
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Negative feelings are typical of learning, and you shouldn’t feel like you’re stupid when you’re frustrated doing something. You might say to yourself, ‘I can’t do this,’ but you should say, ‘That’s great.’ That means you really have the potential to learn something there.
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There haven’t been genetic studies on grit, but we often think that challenge is inherited but grit is learned. That’s not what science says. Science says grit comes from both nature and nurture.
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