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Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That’s what I’m after.

Angela Duckworth

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I think it’s very important to send the message that, while parents are needed to remind you to practice and occasionally force you to finish things… they also need to learn to respect you. You as an individual, ultimately, are the captain of where you’re going.
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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.
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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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When people tell me I can’t do something, I have a visceral reflex to say, ‘Yes, I can.’
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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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I define talent as the rate at which you get better at something when you try. To be very talented means you get better faster and more easily than other people or other things that you try.
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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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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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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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Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up.
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During all my undergrad years and in high school, I was involved in tutoring and public service. At Harvard, I spent over 35 hours a week doing service. I was a Big Sister, I worked for the homeless, the elderly; it was the epicenter of my focus.
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Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
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Boredom is a very self-conscious emotion by definition. Interest is not. So you can actually be completely absorbed in something and, at certain points in your development, not even realize that you’re into 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 now have Grit Scale scores from thousands of American adults. My data provide a snapshot of grit across adulthood.
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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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