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Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.

Angela Duckworth

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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My dad was not super-intentional in his parenting. He was very self-absorbed. I won’t say mean or selfish per se, but very self-absorbed. I think he was just thinking out loud.
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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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When people tell me I can’t do something, I have a visceral reflex to say, ‘Yes, I can.’
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There is a fluency and an ease with which true mastery and expertise always expresses itself, whether it be in writing, whether it be in a mathematical proof, whether it be in a dance that you see on stage, really in every domain. But I think the question is, you know, where does that fluency and mastery come from?
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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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People who are really gritty – they’re still interested.
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Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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I don’t think that every child in America is going to necessarily aspire to, you know, a four-year degree from a liberal arts college or a certain kind of life. I think that people should learn to be excellent in the thing that they choose to do.
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Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let’s get to work on them.
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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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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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Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.
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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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When people think of the word ‘drive,’ they often think you have it or you don’t, and that’s where we’re wrong.
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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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