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Very few people can keep going their whole life doing something and feel like it’s merely personally fascinating.

Angela Duckworth

It’s a very good thing to teach kids to finish what they started in the sense of fulfilling their commitments.
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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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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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There’s something about taking the path of least resistance that makes a lot of sense. But at the same time, we have to figure out which things in life are worth struggling through.
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I believe kids should choose what they want to do, because it’s their life, but they have to choose something, and they can’t quit in the middle unless there’s a really good reason.
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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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Most teachers, when surveyed, say that it is part of their job to help students develop things like grit. This is especially true at the elementary and middle school levels. They feel it’s part of their vocation to teach other things that are not formally academic content.
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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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There are going to be peaks and valleys. You don’t want to let kids quit during a valley.
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I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would.
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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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I know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes – not necessarily because these people are going to be doing pushups or spiking volleyballs in the workplace, but because they’re looking for that continuity, that person who was gritty about something.
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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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Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let’s get to work on them.
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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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To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it.
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