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I’m not a policy oriented person. I’m constrained to what I study. But educational policy has not yet taken adequate note of the whole child. Kids are not just their IQ or standardized test scores. It matters whether or not they show up, how hard they work.

Angela Duckworth

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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.
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One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger.
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I worked hard as a teacher. But those are completely different career paths. And the lack of direction is why I didn’t get far enough in any of those things.
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I do feel it’s hard to be modest and humble and egoless when people are telling you you are so great and wanting to give you prizes and energy. I’m trying hard not to be an awful, narcissistic human being.
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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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Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That’s what I’m after.
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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort.
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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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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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Very few people can keep going their whole life doing something and feel like it’s merely personally fascinating.
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Longitudinal studies following thousands of people across time have shown that most people only begin to gravitate toward certain vocational interests, and away from others, around middle school.
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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 was a good novice teacher, but I did the things that were obvious.
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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
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Psychologists call this the maturity principle. My own life experience fits this principle to a T.
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Drive is something that can be encouraged by a wonderful teacher, by a terrific classroom environment, by an awesome soccer team that you are on, and it can be squashed as well.
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