Her presentation skills after 4 years are much more better than in 2009. Her latest talk about Grit in TED impresses me strongly. Her body languages are so charming, and that makes me search for her biography. It directed me to this old video. xD No more filter " Ah, um.." , cross her arms, smile so often and she looks now more attractive with clearer voice. Thump up if you agree !

Grit is a small word in integrity, integrity will always get you to the top of your field. Dish washer to restaurant owner. My father taught me 2 of the most important aspects of success, any one can mess it up, it’s who can follow through and fix it. If you are going to take the time to start something, follow through and finish it.

I think jumping from one subject to another can be very fruitful in fact. It creates creativity. If you follow one task for long term you might fall into tunnel-vision issue in your work/subject.

Incredible that she manages to talk with closed bodylanguage and yet appear open and outgoing.

Thank you so much for doing this study Angela. I believe it was Decartes that said, "Through knowing comes the solution". Now that I'm aware of this ingredient called "Grit", I can now apply that to my long-term goals. Thanks so much!!!

Dr. Angela Duckworth is phenomenal. And her articulation skills is beyond measure. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts & ideas.

my goal is to become like Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth....in education field as a professor . thank you for the great lecture.

I read her book..I thought it was one of the thousands of books that try to explain why you are still nobody..but I have to say that reading it gave me a totally different perspective on how really people achieve something and get results...i’ve always known that hard work and perseverance are very important

Wow, she's delivering the talk beautifully - smiling all the time, which makes her really attractive and keeps up the attention of the audience.

This is one of my favorite TED talks. I'd love to hear Angela do another talk some day.

I don't know why people are having such an issue with "um"s.. I didn't even notice it until I saw it in the comments below. She was engaging throughout the entire presentation.

Incredible talk and message. Explains aptly why the people who really love what they do in life- whatever it is- tend to come out on top of their game because they WANT to do it all the time and master that subject, so they have natural grit towards that goal. Wish I'd been encouraged to think about grit not talent from a young age, far more inspiring.

What a great presentation about an important topic that we are trying to develop in our students so that they can be successful in not only school, but life.

I didn't realize listening to this in 2024 meant that I would get mentally flashbanged every time she says "gritty"

im happy that she is not repeating herself in this ted talk, and also enjoy her personal story.

This is a marvelous talk. Takes my Don't Eat the Marshmallow Yet talk in TED to a higher level in regards to what is needed to achieve very high levels of success. Highly impressed with Dr. Duckworth and I congratulate her.

Not "the ability to work hard" so much as "the ability to work hard on a specific goal".

She should be proud of what she has achieved. No need to feel bad about this career record.

I'm in love with this woman with all respect... she's great!

The best part of the video was passion + talent + hard work= Achievement.

listening to her is punishing, made it to 14 minutes. she's like a walking encyclopedia. i hope she is doing well now, ten yrs later

So, Angela, can I come work with you? I've known about grit forever--learned it from my dad. My favorite saying is, "It's mostly a matter of perseverance." I am a HS science teacher, and you are dead on... I don't know how to teach kids to have grit, though... therein lies my problem. Thank You!!!

The Will Smith comment has not aged well.

She is a great speaker.

Isolate what they dont know? thats NOT grit. thats smarts, savvy, shrewd.

when did she answer the question??? Can perseverance be taught?

Another great TED talk with a terrible name. Should be called "Grit as a measure of success", or something. And it would have more views if it were.

interesting lecture.. I am a coach enjoyed this lecture very much

Not an indicator, but a predictor. The difference is that success comes from hard work, not the other way around. Yes, every person has different aptitudes, but a good deal of behavior and ability is environmental; look at Einstein, look at Micheal Jordan: both were terrible at their professions in school (failing math and getting booted from the basketball team, respectively) and yet they ended up being iconic for their achievements. They were passionate and they worked for that success.

Great lecture.

I agree that grit and hard work are needed to be successful and high achievement. I also think some people get a dopamine high by some activity that cause them to focus and work as part of a reward process. You see this in video gamer that are stimulated by game play and they are getting doped by the activity.

Great to share with teachers.

I like it, but isnt she just pulling from the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell?

Why are psychologists and theoretical educationalists still punting the idea (vanity metric) that there is a causal relationship between teaching ability and student performance. In my experience student will pass or fail despite the efforts of their teachers rather than because of those efforts, regardless of how innovative, creative or conservative the methods might be.

What questions do you think encourage people to acquire grit?

That was beautiful

I completely with Robert165. The NFL is the best example of GRIT. Every year players with lots of talent don't stay in the NFL because of their work effort. Then there are players with out the talent who work hard (Jeff Garcia). The nfl is a perfect example of grit.

@dcmusicfusion We're not "supposed to" anything. There are retired people who still don't know what they're living for. But I think you misunderstood... She said you need to have a long-term goal and follow it. That doesn't mean you can't change jobs or even careers.

who else is watching this video at end of 2020?

Great presentation ...am currently reading Grit very inspiring

You know, I have just watched her lastest video and been impressed just like you ;)

grit is a passion of person

Grit and Perseverance.

Does anyone know if there is clip of this talk with better video quality? At least 480p would be nice!

no tattoo at west point? i had a tattoo and wasn't an issue w/ WP.

Why would the scores of children reflect the grit of the teacher? There are other possible factors such as home life, prior education, home resources, etc.

Well...success is consistency of purpose!

so how do I use girt in my class work

Thank you BYUI for telling to watch this old long video

Accurately, innate talent is very hyped in our society. The one thing that truly commendable is true grit and hard work.

You're being swayed by her presentation instead of critically considering what she's talking about.

does anyone know what movie is she talking about at 5:46?

What is GRIT? And how can it be true or false?

Da Vinci is often brought up often as one of the greatest geniuses of our time, yet he flitted around from project to project, subject to subject. I think true grit has a lot of merit but where does Da Vinci fit in to that equation?

The 'um' and arm folding is first 3 min. (Maybe she not defensive but cold.)

Save for the fact that she said "um" about a thousand times.

She's just as engaging in person -- if not more so.

She gets so excited when she talks about herself lol

I disagree with one issue...from 18 to 25.....you're supposed to find yourself. Whats the point of waking up at 35 and realizing you hate your job?????????? She has a lot of interesting research if you Google her and goto her U Penn publications page.

Good idea that learn more about life

My question is how to maintain grit?

How to gain grit?

True Grit is not a "somewhat mediocre western." It's a fantastic film. Your whole argument fell apart for me when you said that! I didn't know that renowned film critic was also on your extensive resume.

ok so whats grit? im lost

She is such a boss!!

Informative

is there a transcript for this anywhere?

Where do I apply for her classes..

" Why is it that gritty kids are winnining the spelling b?"

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Stay with it ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is an icon for effort and grit

So she identifies grit as a top indicator of success but doesn't talk about HOW to develop it.

Please dont downplay intelligence Dr. Duckworth May be we have a somewhat different definition of intelligence. When defined as a skill of solving problem intelligence and also find you help find the GRITS

All the measure of grit are subjective, what if they were only the name we give to some endowment I.Q. can't measure? The result of low self-esteem and/or the social judgment on celebrating one's own skills?

very interesting

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people who read too much Wittgenstein may be under the impression that language problems are important, they may certainly be important in attaining prominence in philosophy, but are something we practitioners and Decision makers... in the real world... Leave for the weekend :)

Congrats Jah'Naya luv mama Brown.

not unlike listening to the Sirens

pause @ 1:00 for the face of evil

thanks

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the first 2:30 minutes = my life right now. a shiny boat going nowhere

Totally agree.

The talk is gteat. Unfortunately for me, I am distracted by Dr. Duckworth's many "ums." The fillers we use profusely in our language actually weaken our message. I believe that those who make their living speaking would do well to work on this. Think about it, Dr. MLK or President Obama would not have risen to the heights they have and did if they used fillers unconsciously. My students let me know when I use from my bag of fillers.

At 6:58, does anyone think that letter looks nothing like what's written to the right? Email aesche@gmail.com to discuss

Motivated😁

I just found out, she is my sister-in-law.....

"Unless I get distracted or give up" I guess that wouldn't be applying the theory very well, eh?

I think our friend, Andrew, missed the entire point of this video.

grit shows something about the systems being observed

That's my aunt I'm not lieing

Parents can movitate the kids. Encourage themzz

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I sped up the video, she rambles a lot about nothing.

Great talk, can be related to any facet of life. For every Michael Jordan, there is a Kwame Brown

he is not your friend

ECE 190 gang where you at?

Tell that to Korean women here in Seoul. They spend half of their waking hours fussing with their hair, makeup, and talking about their hair and makeup. The rest is spent under the knife.