Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
ANGELA DUCKWORTHI now have Grit Scale scores from thousands of American adults. My data provide a snapshot of grit across adulthood.
More Angela Duckworth Quotes
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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 that instructional time is a zero-sum game, but if we want kids to do well academically, it’s hard to imagine that happening if they don’t have some control over their attention.
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I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would.
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If the quality and quantity of continuous effort toward goals matters as much as I think it does, we may actually get more productive, not less, as we get older – even if we can’t pull all-nighters like we used to.
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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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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort.
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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 don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can’t do anything about them.
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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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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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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
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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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At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails.
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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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I now have Grit Scale scores from thousands of American adults. My data provide a snapshot of grit across adulthood.
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