Grit
In this must read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and business people both seasoned and new that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called grit.Why do some people succeed and others fail Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success Rather, other factors can be even 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 genius, but a special blend of passion and long term perseverance As a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Duckworth created her own character lab 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 she s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers 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 that not talent or luck makes all the difference. Download Grit Author Angela Duckworth – kino-fada.fr I ve been a fan of Dr Duckworth and her research since long before she became famous, so it s hard to overstate my disappointment with this title The fundamental problem with the book is that instead of writing a popularization aimed at the intellectual policy market, she decided to cash out with a differe...It was hard to pay attention to or stick with because most of the chapters seemed the same.But perhaps I haven t learned enough grittiness yet.Ultimately, there s not much new in this latest entry in the personal improvement genre I had high hopes for this book, initially believing that it would have new to me insights along the lines of what I found in Carol Dweck s book Mindset and Charles Duhigg s The Power of Habit Sadly, this book falls quite flat with entirely too much repetition of a singular topic.If you want a tl dr version of the book, it comes down to this don t give up When you are going through hell, keep going Ultimately, there s not much new in this latest entry in the personal improvement genre I had high hopes for this book, initially believing that it would have new to me insights along the lines of what I found in Carol Dweck s book Mindset and Charles Duhigg s The Power of Habit Sadly, this book falls quite flat with entirely too much repetition of a singular topic.If you want a tl dr version of the book, it comes down to this don t give up ...What a fascinating book I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this research on how important effort and perseverance is in being successful Duckworth calls this grit, and has tests for measuring how gritty a person is in his or her projects Her findings are that natural talent is helpful, of course, but effort matters .I ve heard about grit research in relation to education, and how grittier students tend to do better in school But grit applies tothan just getting good grades or What a fascinating book I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this research on how important effort and perseverance is in being successful Duckworth calls this grit, and has tests for measuring how gritty a person is in his or her projects Her findings are that natural talent is helpful, of course, but effort matters .I ve heard about grit research in relation to education, and how grittier students tend to do better in school But grit applies tothan just getting good grades or how many degrees you can earn you can think about it in terms of whatever hobby or career you are pass...This book may be the first to employ the humblebrag as a rhetorical device Roughly My dad always told me I was no genius Then I won a MacArthur Fellowship Genius Grant on my research showing that hard work iscrucial to success than genius It s a little boastful, as are the author s numerous references to her Ivy League education and her consultant work with McKinsey who apparently only hire based on intellect and, most of all, her namedropping, but it all works well in supporting This book may be the first to employ the humblebrag as a rhetorical device Roughly My dad always told me I was no genius Then I won a MacArthur Fellowship Genius Grant on my research showing that hard work iscrucial to success than genius It s a little boastful, as are the author s numerous references to her Ivy League education and her consultant work with McKinsey who apparently only hire based on intellect and, most of all, her namedropping, but it all works well in supporting her larger claims that talent is overrated, that fixed mindsets often result in complacency and or learned helplessness, and that grit is something that can be acquired at any ti...Disappointed to read this in the acknowledgments First and foremost, I want to thank my collaborators I wrote this book in the first person singular, using I when, in fact, pretty much everything I ve done as a researcher or writer was accomplished by a plurality The we who deserve credit in particular coa...I m not giving this such a high rating because I m totally sold on the premise or her research Her theory has been challenged by other studies with equally intriguing findings which suggest that grit is not a trait that can be easily influenced because it s mostly determined by genetics while Duckworth claims that it s something that can be learned and trained They also suggest there are so manyfactors that influence someone s success while she chose to focus on this one specifically He I m not giving this such a high rating because I m totally sold on the premise or her research Her theory has been challenged by other studies with equally intriguing findings which suggest that grit is not a trait that can be easily influenced because it s mostly determined by genetics while Duckworth claims that it s something that can be learned and trained They also suggest there are so manyfactors that influence someone s success while she chose to focus on this one specifically Her book is heavy with anecdotal evidence from successful people from the US, which is a first world country offering privileges some people can only dream of, so you could say her samples are pretty skewed because the people she mentions already have a head start even people that were initially underprivileged simply because they later have access to opportunities which in other places are basically n...What an inspiring and very well written book Human beings love magic, the idea of a gift, natural talent and to be swept off their feet by a stunning piece of music or witnessing a person doing something no one has ever managed to do before We like to believe that there is an innate natural gift that allows some people to stand out of the crowd Yet, the author of this book suggests that she is yet to meet a Nobel laureate or Olympic champion who says that what they achieved came in any other What an inspiring and very well written book Human beings love magic, the idea of a gift, natural talent and to be swept off their feet by a stunning piece of music or witnessing a person doing something no one has ever managed to do before We like to believe that there is an innate natural gift that allows some people to stand out of the crowd Yet, the author of this book suggests that she is ye...Saying, I really wanted to like this book would be an understatement I started it expecting a 5 star read I agreed with the premise and was eager to learnHowever, this book fell short for me The first half read too much like a self help book Be gritty You ll be successful The second half hadof the academic analysis I craved but it still lacked the depth I was looking for This might be a good intro for the importance of work ethic, follow through, and an internal locus of Saying, I really wanted to like this book would be an understatement I started it expecting a 5 star read I agreed with the premise and was eager to learnHowever, this book fell short for me The first half read too much like a self help book Be gritty You ll be successful The second half hadof the academic analysis I craved but it still lacked the depth I was looking for This might be a good intro for the importance of work ethic, follow through, and an internal locus of control, but it didn t expand beyond what I already knew It added new stories and studies to my understanding but I still ...As much as talent counts, effort counts twice Professor and MacArthur Award winner Angela Duckworth has entered the talent vs effort discussion with years of research showing that dedicated effort what she calls grit is farimportant to success than any innate talent While some agree see books such as Talent is Overrated What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everybody Else, and Helping Children Succeed What Works and Why, among others critics have both questioneAs much as talent counts, effort counts twice Professor and MacArthur Award winner Angela Duckworth has entered the talent vs effort discussion with years of research showing that dedicated effort what she calls grit is farimportant to success than any innate talent While some agree see books such as Talent is Overrated What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everybody Else, and Helping Children Succeed What Works and Why, among others critics have both questioned her research or dismissed it as nothingthan the ...
- 24 April 2017 Angela Duckworth
- Hardcover
- 352 pages
- 1443442313
- Angela Duckworth
- Grit