9781501111105
I wont just have a job; Ill have a calling. Ill challenge myself every day. When I get knocked down, Ill get back up. I may not be the smartest person in the room, but Ill strive to be the grittiest. While many believe that intelligence is fixed and success is dependent upon your level of genius, psychologist Angela Duckworth set out to prove the opposite. According to Duckworth, its not this factor of genius that drives success its a combination of passion and long-term perseverance that she calls grit. In New York Times bestseller Grit, Duckworth leads the reader through an obstacle course of eye-opening examples of grit, from the United States Military Academy at West Point to the National Spelling Bee. Narrowing down what we can learn from high achievers such as athletes, business...