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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.

Angela Duckworth

If you’re never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you’ll never get better.
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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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There are going to be peaks and valleys. You don’t want to let kids quit during a valley.
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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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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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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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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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If you are a young person who is wanting to develop a passion, you cannot expect anyone else to tell you what that passion would be.
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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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People who are really gritty – they’re still interested.
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Gritty people train at the edge of their comfort zone. They zero in on one narrow aspect of their performance and set a stretch goal to improve it.
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You cannot will yourself to be interested in something you’re not interested in. But you can actively discover and deepen your interest.
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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort.
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People’s lives really do turn out differently. And it certainly can’t be explained by how intelligent you remember them being when they were sitting next to you in organic chemistry class.
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