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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.

Angela Duckworth

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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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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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I worked hard as a teacher. But those are completely different career paths. And the lack of direction is why I didn’t get far enough in any of those things.
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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.
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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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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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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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If you’re never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you’ll never get better.
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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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I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience.
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Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up.
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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 was a good novice teacher, but I did the things that were obvious.
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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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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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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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