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Angela Duckworth

Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up.
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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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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.
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Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.
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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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It is important to realize that the process of ‘fostering’ a passion takes trial and error. It takes experience; you cannot do it all in your head. And it takes a long time.
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If 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.
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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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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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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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I now have Grit Scale scores from thousands of American adults. My data provide a snapshot of grit across adulthood.
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Is it ‘a drag’ that passions don’t come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them?
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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
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I stayed for lunch for extra tutoring, gave kids my cell phone, and was available. In my first year of teaching,
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At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails.
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Every day, parents and teachers ask me, ‘How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?’ The honest answer is, I don’t know.
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