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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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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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I think the very idea of character, of developing not just grit, but empathy and curiosity, emotional intelligence.
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People who are really gritty – they’re still interested.
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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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Psychologists call this the maturity principle. My own life experience fits this principle to a T.
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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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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.
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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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People’s lives really do turn out differently. And it certainly can’t be explained by how intelligent you remember them being when they were sitting next to you in organic chemistry class.
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As our knees and hips and eyesight deteriorate, we become more dependable, less impulsive, kinder, and less moody.
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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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When people tell me I can’t do something, I have a visceral reflex to say, ‘Yes, I can.’
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When people think of the word ‘drive,’ they often think you have it or you don’t, and that’s where we’re wrong.
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Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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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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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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