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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.

Angela Duckworth

I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience.
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Negative feelings are typical of learning, and you shouldn’t feel like you’re stupid when you’re frustrated doing something. You might say to yourself, ‘I can’t do this,’ but you should say, ‘That’s great.’ That means you really have the potential to learn something there.
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Some people prefer a world where we’re all equally talented in everything. Whether you prefer that world or not, I don’t think that world exists.
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Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom.
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I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would.
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Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
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Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.
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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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As our knees and hips and eyesight deteriorate, we become more dependable, less impulsive, kinder, and less moody.
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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.
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When people think of the word ‘drive,’ they often think you have it or you don’t, and that’s where we’re wrong.
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I don’t think that every child in America is going to necessarily aspire to, you know, a four-year degree from a liberal arts college or a certain kind of life. I think that people should learn to be excellent in the thing that they choose to do.
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The parenting style that is good for grit is also the parenting style good for most other things: Be really, really demanding, and be very, very supportive.
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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 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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Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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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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