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.
ANGELA DUCKWORTHGrittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.
More Angela Duckworth Quotes
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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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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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When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in management consulting for a job that was even more demanding: teaching. I went to teach seventh graders math in the New York City public schools.
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I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would.
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Drive is something that can be encouraged by a wonderful teacher, by a terrific classroom environment, by an awesome soccer team that you are on, and it can be squashed as well.
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Many, many individuals will report starting to form their lifelong interests around adolescence. Why that is, researchers don’t fully know. But if you can take a trip down memory lane and see what interested you, that’s at least a clue as to where your interest may begin to develop.
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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.
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Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience.
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There’s this really awesome theory of human motivation – that human beings all want three things. One is to be competent, one is to belong, and one is be free, as in to have choice: to not be told what to do but to choose what to do.
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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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Grit may carry risk because it’s about putting all your eggs in one basket, to some extent.
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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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There are going to be peaks and valleys. You don’t want to let kids quit during a valley.
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