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Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up.

Angela Duckworth

I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would.
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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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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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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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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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Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
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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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Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom.
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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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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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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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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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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.
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What we reliably find is that people’s perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does get to the fact that working hard is hard, but maybe finding your passion is even more difficult.
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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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