This lady has shed light on the real truth that busted conventional thinking. As an example of grit I think back to my sister. Growing up she didn't exhibit any special talent that our other brothers had. Everyone in the family had high hopes for the male siblings and was not focused on the female sibling. The only peculiar characteristic about my sister was her keen efforts towards her goals, her tenacity. My brother and I had talents in IQ, memory, and school grades but we gloated in our natural abilities and became lazy about things while my poor sister had to plug hard away at learning. She was thrilled about medicine and had set a goal early in life to become a doctor. Well, she got into Medical school at Tufts University in Chicago by a fed program to improve minority representation back in the 1980s. We brothers couldn't believe the horrendous mountains of medical things she had to learn. That kind of dedication was not for us lazy boys, who didn't know still what we wanted to be. No way. But, for my sister, she didn't complain. Not only did she graduate from Medical school, but she additionally picked up not 1 but 2 medical fellowships specialties (in internal medicine and emergency medicine), and became an instructor at Harvard U. Medical school. She is now a roving contract ER doc substituting for vacationing doctors across the country. In fact, if you talk to her now, she sounds full of grit with a fast mind that makes people think she's more talented and smarter than us brothers who've managed only a Masters's degree. And she makes 5x as much as we do too. So, passion and perseverance are the true formulas for success, not merely talent. As Thomas Edison said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."

You can throw any question at her and she will just answer like a boss!

"The only skill we are born with is knowing how to learn"Angela Duckworth

5:53 - Deliberate Practice - 1. Specific Goal 2. Focus 3. Feedback 4. Refinement

WOW! I am blown away by Angela and have taken SO many notes. Thank you for sharing this deep rooted wisdom that is both INSPIRATIONAL and ACTIONABLE!

Living deliberately is hard. 34:00 loved this part about in finding an inner compass. Moral missions and interest.

“I am glad that I didn’t marry my first boyfriend!”. Great answer to the question about how do you find out what to be gritty about . Explore with purpose.

Fascinating talk by Angela.. Kudos to her beautiful work on grit. The best take away was compund interest is the eighth wonder of world. And if compounded in a particular inclination then it can do wonders.

Absolutely Amazing. I was awestruck the entire time. Simply fascinating. I'm buying the book Thank You Angela Duckworth.

She has that holistic beauty. Brilliant talk on grit. Love it!

32:25 Great question. I often think the same thing. How do you know what area to have grit about. Having Graduated from college and having new skills abilities and knowledge is a great thing. But no one wants to waste time on a project of 'grit' that has no fruit. Angela's answer hit the nail on the head. We need to think about your motivational drives and interests.

Wow! Admirable! Amazing woman of passion and intellect!

Tips to self motivation: (33:15 to 35:30) 1) Memory Lane to drive job 2) Higher purpose (align w interest) * Need 3rd circle for Reality

Loved this great interview. Beautiful and inspiring. Thank you. Love and peace to all

She is so encouraging in so many ways

This is definitely one of the best (if not the best) interviews about the book. Thank you Angela & Google

For gritty kids I think a portion is kids being allowed to explore those passions. Being encouraged to learn outside of school, being encouraged to learn for life, etc

Excellent! I loved every second of this gritty talk and I admire the way you were so vulnerable in your answers. Way to go gritty girl

“I’ll show you” for me is related to the sense of purpose and mission she described. It’s a public service to show ppl something they didn’t believe in before.

hi from Nigeria, I read and loved the book. I realized I had grit and did my research and came across her book, which explains exactly what I'm going through. also Eric Thomas and tony Robison explains Grit through motivation.

Very thorough interview on Grit. Excellent once you have read the book and viewed the Ted Talk. I liked hearing about the discrepancies for measuring Grit and other Character Attributes.

Grit is up there with one of the most insightful books I’ve read. Highly recommend.

Wow! The key word for me is "deliberate practice".

I would add that success breeds success.. even small victories will add up and build confidence.

I am motivated just by seeing she talks.

If you've ever come to Cambridge UK and did punting there, you'll appreciate the number one rule for punting is to let it go when the pole gets stuck in the water, as otherwise you the punter will get pulled into water instead of pulling the pole out from the water. It taught me a precise point when to let it go and when to have grit.

Love listening to Angela.

3 years ago, I did aspiration study for my undergraduate thesis and I missed the concept of "Grit" to build the character development of my respondents.'though, there were no academic-related readings by that time, I'm really glad that I discovered Dr. Lee-Duckworth's study. :-)

Impressive. Thanks for posting.

As always, I love her talk.

Two great personalities. Love the talk.

Very good point about the standard used to consider oneself is gritty in the society that person lives in.

All her accomplishments show she lives what she preaches.

100% intelligent and strong woman! I love her!

The power of passion and perseverance! Great book! Love her work!

Goosebumps of practical inspiration :D I love Angela Duckworth

11:43 'Failure provides an opportunity for information'

"People who succeed fail all the time"

it's fascinating and eye opening, wow!

Love this!

Deliberate practice running analogies are really good!

Didn't read your book . It seems the book throws a great enlightenment in the area of Passion , Hardworking, Presvervance , motivation etc Let your services through grit serve the humanity greatly .

Love this! love the book!♥

Thank you very much for this talk. I have my definition of Giftedness or Talent: The definition of Talent or Giftedness Giftedness or Talent: The possession of special potential in a subject that has no scientific pillars.

Great talk everyone should hear

Learning to play a musical instrument well embodies all those elements

She is right on point. The thinks that I have succeeded on in my life have been the ones where I applied grit and just worked hard on them and tried to do it well and did a good job. And many of those I actually had little passion for - I didn't really enjoy doing the, just did them because I decided to and made the best of it while doing it. Might was well be happy doing this thing rather than miserable.

Great interview!

This woman can speak. That's for sure.

I'm astonished that her answer to the last question about being an underdog didn't raise the topic of Locus of Control.

This is an amazing talk, I agree with her observations

Thank you Prof. Duckworth I got the answer to Q at 51:25 51:42

Congrats on your creativity.

You really do inspire me Angela

You are a fascinating personality. May God love you more!

Thank you.

thank you very much!

Grit is not the secret to perseverance and success, LOVE is. Truly, If Angela Duckworth is a mother who loves her child or children she herself would agree.

May I know what’s the name of the journal article that study predictive factors of academic success on 4000 UK students? It's the question from 45:09. Many thanks!

Just Amazing

i like this convo

Seems like she's from "Soul" so motivated and motivational

I like her book.

Grit can only be known for a person, if you will test him/her on a particular job with difficulty.

Love her

Grit is developed through pain. There must be pain involved, blind faith so to speak.

I seen that all the way through, tiny bit of grit demo right there!

That was a great question 33:50

I also read Julia Child's book! :)

it's awesome

I never understood the importance of cutting out junk miles until I decided to try a lead man. After reading up on Travis Macy.

Fantastic interview, Angela, thanks a lot! I wonder if it would be possible to find correlation between the least grittiest countries (Japan, Korea, China), and the Happiest countries in the world (Scandinavian)? What if the happiest countries are actually the most miserable? How to figure out what's actually going on?!

Overall, very helpful. I have read and recommend the book. See 39:30; Nancy said "Just Say No"... doesn't that really tell you everything you need to know?

Good luck 😃

I can’t believe I only find out about this video today. KZfaq si d add hound he recommending me this kind of videos.

haha, it's interesting. i started running because it was therapeautic, i watch the hours, pay attention to my rythm and i NEVER listen to music. im trying to pay attention to my body and my breath the entire time.

Simple idea, just starting her book!

Interest + purpose/value + reality of earning money

how do you do anything deliberately in this very fast and adversely changing world. even in business the focus on production or any other business segments is mostly shallow and doesn't allow for deliberate practice or approach.

Thanks

She seems highly competitive...rivalrous.

i am gonna steal a bunch of quotes from this interview, posted on FB, and pretend to be smart!

Estou estudando o livro desta pesquisadora...vale a pena comparar a pesquisa dela com as pesquisas de Domenico de Masi...

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Where was this video all this years

This is so great. I would like to have the Questionnaire to measure Grit. Can anyone tell me how can i get it.....?

IT IS I WHO AM BEING FELT PROUD AT THE TIME OF HEARING MY COMMENTS ARE BEING PRAISED BY THE RESPECTED PERSONS.I FEEL GRATITUDE TO THE SAID PERSONS WHO ARE BEING DISCUSSED ABOUT MY EXPRESSIONS WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED BY MAZMADER.MAY GOD /ALLAH ALWAYS SAVE AND BLESS US AL.

27:27 talks about "Sisu." i saw a trailer for a movie called Sisu and now knowing this the title is more interesting

She is my rule model!

The audio is really, really quiet on this video. Can't hear even when I cast to my stereo.

Sounds very similar to the book "The slight edge" by jeff olsen

Fascinating talk, pity the sound quality is a little low.

Is anyone familiar with the recently released book Everyone is an Einstein; and There is an Einstein in Everyone: The Constitution of Genius by author Benjamin Michael? It's a very compelling read!

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I kind of agree with Jordan Peterson, grit and conscientiousness sound almost note to note the same. That's why the two are so highly correlated, anyone wanna fight? Duckworth is running on her intelligent word play but I think she has very good intentions .

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What if you’re stuck doing a degree that you don’t really like but don’t have the resources to get out? Such an inspiring talk btw I just discovered her and she’s really motivating.

How do you measure Grit? Can we increase Grit? Is Grit different from the five trait model? Why invent a new name for a trait that has its already defined scientific name? Getting a genius award for inventing a new name!

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Watched the complete interview. Thanks to Google.