Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and business peopleâ€”both seasoned and newâ€”that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called â€œgrit.â€

Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur â€œgeniusâ€ Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments.

Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her winding path through teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not â€œgeniusâ€ but a special blend of passion and long-term perseverance. As a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Duckworth created her own â€œcharacter labâ€ and set out to test her theory.

Here, she takes readers into the field to visit teachers working in some of the toughest schools, cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what sheâ€™s learned from interviewing dozens of high achieversâ€”from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to the cartoon editor of The New Yorker to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll.

Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how thatâ€”not talent or luckâ€”makes all the difference.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster Audio
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber part_1442397136
Model part_1442397136
ReleaseDate 2016-05-03
UnitCount 1
Format Audiobook
EANs 9781442397132

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster Audio
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	part_1442397136
Model	part_1442397136
ReleaseDate	2016-05-03
UnitCount	1
Format	Audiobook
EANs	9781442397132

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

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