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There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.

Angela Duckworth

Very few people can keep going their whole life doing something and feel like it’s merely personally fascinating.
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Grit may carry risk because it’s about putting all your eggs in one basket, to some extent.
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Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let’s get to work on them.
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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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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 don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can’t do anything about them.
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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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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 was a good novice teacher, but I did the things that were obvious.
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If the quality and quantity of continuous effort toward goals matters as much as I think it does, we may actually get more productive, not less, as we get older – even if we can’t pull all-nighters like we used to.
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Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.
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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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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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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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Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
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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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