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Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Grit Life Like Living Living Life Marathon Sprint

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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Excellence Shortcuts True

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Gritty people train at the edge of their comfort zone. They zero in on one narrow aspect of their performance and set a stretch goal to improve it.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Aspect Comfort Comfort Zone Edge Goal Gritty Improve Narrow People Performance Set Stretch Train Zero Zone

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I'm not a policy oriented person. I'm constrained to what I study. But educational policy has not yet taken adequate note of the whole child. Kids are not just their IQ or standardized test scores. It matters whether or not they show up, how hard they work.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Adequate Child Constrained Educational Hard How Just Kids Matters Note Oriented Person Policy Scores Show Standardized Study Taken Test Test Scores Up Whether Whole Work Iq

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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.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Big Down Get Grit Knocked Loses Points Prevails Small Stay Up Various Ways

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Being gritty doesn't mean not showing pain or pretending everything is O.K. In fact, when you look at healthy and successful and giving people, they are extraordinarily meta-cognitive. They're able to say things like, 'Dude, I totally lost my temper this morning.' That ability to reflect on yourself is signature to grit.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Ability Able Being Dude Everything Extraordinarily Fact Giving Grit Gritty Healthy In Fact Like Look Lost Mean Morning Pain People Pretending Reflect Say Showing Signature Successful Temper Things Totally You Yourself

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Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier 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.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Challenging Classroom Complete Diploma Domain Earn Effective Grit Jobs Keep Likely Matter More Salespeople Seems Soldiers Students Teachers Training

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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.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Adolescence Around Begin Clue Develop Down Form Fully Individuals Interest Interested Interests Know Lane Least Lifelong Many May Memory Report Researchers See Starting Take Trip Where Why Will You Your

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Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up. Longitudinal studies following thousands of people across time have shown that most people only begin to gravitate toward certain vocational interests, and away from others, around middle school.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Across Around Away Begin Certain Childhood Early Far Following Generally Gravitate Grow Grow Up Interests Know Middle Middle School Most Only Others People School Shown Studies Thousands Thousands Of People Time Too Toward Up Vocational Want

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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it's not just stamina in your effort. It's also stamina in your direction, stamina in your interests. If you are working on different things but all of them very hard, you're not really going to get anywhere. You'll never become an expert.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Also Anywhere Become Different Different Things Direction Effort Expert Get Going Grit Hard Interests Just Never Really Stamina Them Things Very Word Working You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: Unknown

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