Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.
ANGELA DUCKWORTHThe focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right?
More Angela Duckworth Quotes
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Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.
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We have found a direct correlation between grit and positive emotions, but the fact that I have no evidence that grit is bad for you doesn’t mean it’s not. It’s always a possibility that in the future researchers will discover a downside to grit.
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People who are really gritty – they’re still interested.
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I didn’t tell my kids, ‘You have to play viola, and you have to play piano.’ They chose these things on their own, and I don’t think we have to give kids every choice, but we do have to give them some choice because that autonomy is crucial for fostering passion.
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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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If you’re never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you’ll never get better.
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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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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.
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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort.
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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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I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can’t do anything about them.
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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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Maybe. But the reality is that our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement.
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Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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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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Very few people can keep going their whole life doing something and feel like it’s merely personally fascinating.
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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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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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I will say that if my wildest dreams come true, I will, like, wake up one day, and I will be Carol Dweck, right? Because she is like everything I want to be.
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I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would.
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So when my daughter told me on the second track meet that she was done with it because she discovered she didn’t like competing, I made her finish the season.
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Striving is exhausting. Sometimes I do say things like, ‘I wish I were not quite this driven to be excellent.’ It’s not a comfortable life. It’s not relaxed. I’m not relaxed as a person. I mean, I’m not unhappy. But… it’s the opposite of being comfortable.
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I know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes – not necessarily because these people are going to be doing pushups or spiking volleyballs in the workplace, but because they’re looking for that continuity, that person who was gritty about something.
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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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There is a fluency and an ease with which true mastery and expertise always expresses itself, whether it be in writing, whether it be in a mathematical proof, whether it be in a dance that you see on stage, really in every domain. But I think the question is, you know, where does that fluency and mastery come from?
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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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