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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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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.
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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.
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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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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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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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Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That’s what I’m after.
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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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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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Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up.
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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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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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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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There are going to be peaks and valleys. You don’t want to let kids quit during a valley.
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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
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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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