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.
ANGELA DUCKWORTHIf you are a young person who is wanting to develop a passion, you cannot expect anyone else to tell you what that passion would be.
More Angela Duckworth Quotes
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Gritty people train at the edge of their comfort zone. They zero in on one narrow aspect of their performance and set a stretch goal to improve it.
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You know, the things that I want my own daughters to develop – the idea that we’re going to get there through rewards and punishments seems completely at odds with the idea of character itself.
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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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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.
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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort.
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To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it.
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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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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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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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The most important thing parents can do, although it’s not the only thing they should do, is model the behavior they want from their kids.
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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 don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can’t do anything about them.
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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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Grit may carry risk because it’s about putting all your eggs in one basket, to some extent.
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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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