Hard Quotes by Angela Duckworth

8 Hard quotes by Angela Duckworth

Angela Duckworth’s research on grit shines through these eight succinct quotes, offering a compact look at why sticking with hard tasks matters.

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The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so…

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What we reliably find is that people's perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does…

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I'm not a policy oriented person. I'm constrained to what I study. But educational policy has not yet taken adequate note of…

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I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience. I worked…

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I do feel it's hard to be modest and humble and egoless when people are telling you you are so great and…

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I know that instructional time is a zero-sum game, but if we want kids to do well academically, it's hard to imagine…

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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it's not just stamina in your effort. It's also stamina in your direction, stamina in…

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“In our family, we live by the Hard Thing Rule. It has three parts. The first is that everyone—including Mom and Dad—has…

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“Nobody wants to show you the hours and hours of becoming. They’d rather show the highlight of what they’ve become.”

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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can't do anything about them.

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“My longitudinal studies show these three virtue clusters predict different outcomes. For academic achievement, including stellar report card grades, the cluster containing grit is…

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“For many of us, the companies we work for are an important cultural force in our lives. For instance, growing up, my dad liked…

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“trying to do things they can't yet do, failing, and learning what they need to do differently is exactly the way that experts practice.”

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Negative feelings are typical of learning, and you shouldn't feel like you're stupid when you're frustrated doing something. You might say to yourself, 'I…

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I was a good novice teacher, but I did the things that were obvious. I stayed for lunch for extra tutoring, gave kids my…

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“The separation of talent and skill,” Will Smith points out, “is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel,…

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What we reliably find is that people's perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does get to…

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Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let's get to work on them.

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“With everything perfect,” Nietzsche wrote, “we do not ask how it came to be.” Instead, “we rejoice in the present fact as though it…

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