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Most people who are really, enduringly interested in something eventually find that it’s important, too – and important to other people.

Angela Duckworth

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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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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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Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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There’s this really awesome theory of human motivation – that human beings all want three things. One is to be competent, one is to belong, and one is be free, as in to have choice: to not be told what to do but to choose what to do.
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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 know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes – not necessarily because these people are going to be doing pushups or spiking volleyballs in the workplace, but because they’re looking for that continuity, that person who was gritty about something.
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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort.
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You know, the things that I want my own daughters to develop – the idea that we’re going to get there through rewards and punishments seems completely at odds with the idea of character itself.
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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 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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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would.
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One thing that’s true of gritty people is they love what they do, and they keep loving what they do. So they’re not just in love for a day or a week.
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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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Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let’s get to work on them.
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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.
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