Why resilience and single-mindedness are the keys to outstanding achievement and how they can help you to accomplish remarkable things
Dr Angela Duckworth is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow and an associate professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an expert in non-IQ competencies, including grit and self-control. A highly sought-after international speaker, her TED talk on grit has been viewed by over 8 million people. Duckworth's hypothesis that the real guarantor of success may not be inborn talent but a special blend of resilience and single-mindedness grew out of her upbringing- as a child her scientist father lovingly bemoaned the fact his daughter was 'no genius'. Duckworth was determined to prove him wrong and spent her youth smashing through every academic barrier. As an adult she became focused on proving her theory and to find out if grit can be learned or cultivated. It was out of this that she created her own Character Lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
Impressively fresh and original … Grit scrubs away preconceptions
about how far our potential can take us. And it solves the riddle
of how those not likely to succeed in fact do. Buy this, send
copies to your friends, and tell the world that there is, in fact,
hope. We can all dazzle.
*Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet*
At a time when our collective notion of success has shrunk to the
point of being unrecognizable, Angela Duckworth arrives to restore
it. With a mix of masterful storytelling and the latest science,
she shows that perseverance and passion matter at least as much as
talent and intelligence. And far from simply urging us to work
harder for the sake of working harder, GRIT offers a truly sane
perspective: that true success comes when we devote ourselves to
endeavors that give us joy and purpose.
*Arianna Huffington, bestselling author of Thrive*
I kept wanting to read this book aloud—to my child, my husband, to
everyone I care about. There are no shortcuts to greatness, it's
true. But there is a roadmap, and you are holding it.
*Amanda Ripley, New York Times bestselling author of The Smartest
Kids in the World*
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