The key to success? Grit – featuring Angela Lee Duckworth

By John Lee of YourBestYouEver.net

ASK any group of people what it takes to ‘be a success’ and they’ll doubtless come up with a whole host of ideas and perspectives.

Talent, intelligence, hard work, the right kind of image, a helping hand, the right contacts, a bit of luck. These and others will probably make it to the list.

Grit: ‘Passion and perseverance for very long-term goals’

But there’s one quality that takes precedence over all of these according to former management consultant, Angela Lee Duckworth, as she explains in the TED video you can access below.

It is, of course, ‘Grit’, which Angela defines as ‘passion and perseverance for very long-term goals’.

In the recording, she reveals how teaching seventh-grade math led to her fascination with this highly intangible quality and set her on a path of wide-ranging research and discovery.

She also mentions a concept called ‘growth mindset’, which was developed by Dr Carol Dweck at Stanford University.

By helping youngsters understand how the brain changes and grows in response to challenge, this has encouraged perseverance in the face of failure - a clear characteristic of grit.

To see the presentation by Angela Lee Duckworth, click here: http://tiny.cc/ALDuckworth

If you would like to a view presentation on growth mindset by Carol Dweck, here’s the link: http://tiny.cc/DrDweck