"Grit by Angela Duckworth"
An enlightening and empowering book for anyone striving to succeed. The secret to outstanding achievement is not just talent but a special blend of passion and persistence - "GRIT"
12 most valuable insights from the book 🧵
An enlightening and empowering book for anyone striving to succeed. The secret to outstanding achievement is not just talent but a special blend of passion and persistence - "GRIT"
12 most valuable insights from the book 🧵
1) Our Potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.
2) Distracted by Talent:
By shining our spotlight on talent, we risk leaving everything else in the shadows.
We inadvertently send the message that these other factors – including grit – don’t matter as much as they really do.
By shining our spotlight on talent, we risk leaving everything else in the shadows.
We inadvertently send the message that these other factors – including grit – don’t matter as much as they really do.
3) Talent is how quickly your skills improve when you invest effort. Achievement is what happens when you take your acquired skills and use them.
Effort builds skill. At the very same time, effort makes skill productive.
Effort builds skill. At the very same time, effort makes skill productive.
4) Passion for your work is a little bit of discovery, followed by a lot of development, and then a lifetime of deepening.
Interests are triggered by interactions with the outside world. It thrives when there is a crew of encouraging supporters.
Interests are triggered by interactions with the outside world. It thrives when there is a crew of encouraging supporters.
5) Deliberate Practice is about hard work, stretching your goal and doing it all over again to finally master it.
How to get the most out of deliberate practice:
-First, know the science.
-Second, make it a habit.
-And third, change the way you experience it.
How to get the most out of deliberate practice:
-First, know the science.
-Second, make it a habit.
-And third, change the way you experience it.
6) Interest is one source of passion.
Purpose – the intention to contribute to the well-being of others – is another.
The mature passions of gritty people depend upon both.
Purpose – the intention to contribute to the well-being of others – is another.
The mature passions of gritty people depend upon both.
7) I resolve to make tomorrow better >>>>> I have a feeling tomorrow will be better.
8) A growth mindset leads to optimistic ways of explaining adversity, and that, in turn, leads to perseverance and seeking out new challenges that will ultimately make you even stronger.
9) Mindsets have been shown to make difference in all the same life domains as optimism.
If you’ve a growth mindset, you’re more likely to do well in school, enjoy better emotional and physical health, and have stronger, more positive social relationships with other people.
If you’ve a growth mindset, you’re more likely to do well in school, enjoy better emotional and physical health, and have stronger, more positive social relationships with other people.
10) You don’t need to be a parent to make a difference in someone’s life. If you just care about them and get to know, what’s going on, you can make an impact.
Try to understand what’s going on in their life and help them through that. That makes the huge difference.
Try to understand what’s going on in their life and help them through that. That makes the huge difference.
11) Hard Thing Rule for family:
- First is that everyone in the family has to do a hard thing i.e. something that requires daily deliberate practice.
- Second, you can quit. But you can’t quit on a bad day.
- Finally, you get to pick your hard thing.
- First is that everyone in the family has to do a hard thing i.e. something that requires daily deliberate practice.
- Second, you can quit. But you can’t quit on a bad day.
- Finally, you get to pick your hard thing.
12) The magic of culture is that one person’s grit can provide a model for others.
If each person’s grit enhances grit in others, then, over time, you might expect what social scientist Jim Flynn calls a “social multiplier” effect.
If each person’s grit enhances grit in others, then, over time, you might expect what social scientist Jim Flynn calls a “social multiplier” effect.
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