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Every day, parents and teachers ask me, ‘How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?’ The honest answer is, I don’t know.

Angela Duckworth

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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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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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What we reliably find is that people’s perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does get to the fact that working hard is hard, but maybe finding your passion is even more difficult.
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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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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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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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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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Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let’s get to work on them.
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Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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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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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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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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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
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I will say that if my wildest dreams come true, I will, like, wake up one day, and I will be Carol Dweck, right? Because she is like everything I want to be.
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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.
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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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