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-Professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania
-MacArthur "Genuis" grant winner
-has been studying grit and self-control for the past 5 years
-has "advised the White House, the World Bank, NBA/NFL teams, Fortune 500 CEOs
-published in 2016
-Duckworth's first book
ted.com
-The "Hard Thing Rule"
-Emotional and demanding parenting
Firmness of character; indomitable spirit
perseverance and passion for long-term goals
-finding something you can be gritty about
-grit allows you to get to long term goals (goal hierarchy)
-Duckworth suggests "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again, and then try something else."
-find other gritty people
Dan Chambliss-sociologist use human drive to fit in. If you're around a lot of people who are gritty, you're going to act grittier
-deliberate practice
-Perseverance and power
-Grit is the thing that gets us to our goals and gets us where we want to be
Catherine Cox's study on “eminent” geniuses. The two biggest differences between the most and least eminent was the tendency to not abandon tasks for mere changeability and working toward a definite goal
“High but not the highest intelligence, combined with the greatest degree of persistence, will achieve greater eminence than the highest level of intelligence with somewhat less persistence.” Stanford psychologist Catherine Cox
"my lab has found that this measure beats the pants off I.Q., SAT scores, physical fitness and a bazillion other measures to help us know in advance which individuals will be successful in some situations." (of the grit scale)
“Grit is about sticking with your future day in, day out, not just for the week, but for years, and working hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon not a sprint.”
-Angela Duckworth