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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.

Angela Duckworth

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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Great Iteration Often Rejected Screw Some Something Thing
Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let’s get to work on them.
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There’s something about taking the path of least resistance that makes a lot of sense. But at the same time, we have to figure out which things in life are worth struggling through.
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Leave Lot Male Path Resistance Same Sense Something Take Time
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 no shortcuts to true excellence.
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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.
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Bored Do Expert New Novelty Nuance Substituting
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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Ambition Amplified Clear Father Natively Think Value Whatever
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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Age City Discover Gritter Hand Pattern Something Striking
When people tell me I can’t do something, I have a visceral reflex to say, ‘Yes, I can.’
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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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Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up.
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I define talent as the rate at which you get better at something when you try. To be very talented means you get better faster and more easily than other people or other things that you try.
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Better Define Rate Something Talent Try
Most teachers, when surveyed, say that it is part of their job to help students develop things like grit. This is especially true at the elementary and middle school levels. They feel it’s part of their vocation to teach other things that are not formally academic content.
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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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Most people who are really, enduringly interested in something eventually find that it’s important, too – and important to other people.
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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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College Country During High Involve Public School Service Titoting Undergrad Year

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