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I do think that whatever ambition I may have had natively was amplified by my father’s clear valuing of it. I knew that was what my dad really cared about.

Angela Duckworth

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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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One thing that’s true of gritty people is they love what they do, and they keep loving what they do. So they’re not just in love for a day or a week.
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Most people who are really, enduringly interested in something eventually find that it’s important, too – and important to other people.
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There haven’t been genetic studies on grit, but we often think that challenge is inherited but grit is learned. That’s not what science says. Science says grit comes from both nature and nurture.
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Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.
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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.
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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 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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Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That’s what I’m after.
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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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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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Maybe. But the reality is that our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement.
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Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom.
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The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right?
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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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Very few people can keep going their whole life doing something and feel like it’s merely personally fascinating.
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