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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.

Angela Duckworth

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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 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.
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And I’ve discovered a strikingly consistent pattern: grit and age go hand in hand. Sixty-somethings tend to be grittier, on average, than fifty-somethings, who are in turn grittier than forty-somethings, and so on.
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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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Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let’s get to work on them.
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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort.
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I now have Grit Scale scores from thousands of American adults. My data provide a snapshot of grit across adulthood.
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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 ended up doubling the math time that a conventional school would have. But I don’t think any of these things were path-breaking or unusual.
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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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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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You cannot will yourself to be interested in something you’re not interested in. But you can actively discover and deepen your interest.
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