"It is your character, and your character alone, that will make your life happy or unhappy. That is all that really passes for destiny. And you choose it." -- John McCain from his book Character is Destiny
Frustrating to be so close to the podium and to have made such a big mistake...but that’s ski racing. I’m proud of the way I skied and how I attacked the course. I gave it my all and came up short. That’s life. Now it’s on to the Downhill! 💪🏻
I said goodbye to my beloved father this week. He will be missed.
Ying Kao Lee, DuPont inventor of lacquer that kept cars shiny, dies at 87 via
@phillyinquirer
The most creative way I've ever seen for counting your blessings...and sharing them with others. This college student writes her daily blessings down on post-its and hangs them on her dorm wall. I'm inspired!
Today
@AROD
came to my Grit Lab class, gushed about the amazing women in his life, and held up samples of the latest and greatest from
@JLo
-- it was a homerun with my students!
How to celebrate a
#growthmindset
:
Avoid praising young people for being “gifted,” “talented,” or “a natural.” Instead, praise the process of learning.
Learn more in the latest
#tipoftheweek
from
@TheCharacterLab
.
Students often get discouraged when they receive copious feedback on their writing. But show them this: Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Caro edits himself, harshly. There is no great writing. Only great re-writing.
Consider this tweet a shameless request that you wish me happy birthday—or a shameless excuse to show you the amazing painting my daughter Amanda made as my gift—or perhaps a shameless love letter to my husband Jason who, as some of us would say, loves me like Calvin loves Alice
My TED Talk included what I knew about grit in 2013.
My book shared what I knew about grit in 2016.
The new paperback version of GRIT includes a new chapter, updated with what I know about grit now.
Loved this book! It took me a long time to learn the lesson that it is OK to say no - which has allowed me to say yes to the things that matter most to me!
My top 5 books on character development:
Mischel, The Marshmallow Test
Dweck, Mindset
Grazer, A Curious Mind
Prinstein, Popular
Damon, Path to Purpose
Full write-up
@five_books
: .
The best book I've read on how anyone can learn the tactics of the most successful students. Practical but backed by the latest science, Outsmart Your Brain is an onramp to the virtuous cycle of interest, confidence, and achievement.
Bravo
@DTWillingham
!
For the record, no.
True grit is *not* grinding yourself into a burned out shell of a human being.
True grit is pursuing a goal that is meaningful to you in a way that is sustainable--and while sometimes hard, brings joy and pride.
Love Carol Dweck as much as I do? Awesome new study about how passion is developed, not discovered.
I explore this idea in GRIT, out in paperback in August
Please reply: What is the single most powerful/significant choice a human being can make in their life?
I was recently asked this question and will address, with Dubner, on a future episode of
@NSQ_Show
You need a support network. But you also need a challenge network: a group of people you trust to push you to improve.
#WorkLife
with
@AdamMGrant
, a new podcast with
@TEDTalks
:
Six years of working with
@katy_milkman
and 160+ others on Behavior Change for Good—we’ve done so much and look forward to doing so much more!
@behaviorchange
And more screen time at ages two and three predicts developmental delays at ages three and five…
Call me old-fashioned, but I think giving children screens instead of our attention is like eating the first marshmallow…
I loooooove this guide to good writing soooooo much! Is that well-written,
@Todd_Rogers_
?? Anyway, I’ve asked my daughters, my team, and everyone I know who needs to write for busy readers to get this book!!
To be gritty is not to hold steadfast to you to-do list goals. To be gritty is to have a well-organized pyramid of goals. You have what some scientists call an ultimate concern, a goal that you are tenacious about.
"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination." --Albert Einstein
I'm looking for a full-time research assistant! Know anyone who is graduating and eager to work with me for two years before getting a PhD? Please send them my way!
60-second lecture on the mechanics of human achievement. Grit's not enough. Nor is talent. Nor emotional intelligence. Nor curiosity. Outliers in achievement aren't stars...they're constellations. They have many strengths. Not just one. via
@YouTube
"I’m sending a message to every individual... that when you work hard... when you actually set your goals, and put them in your heart and in your mind, you will accomplish, without any question." —Marathoner Eliud Kipchoge on breaking the 2-hour barrier
In my research, I’ve found that gritty adults are minimally motivated by all-about-me pleasure and maximally motivated by beyond-the-self purpose.
Take your pulse on your own current sense of purpose
@TheCharacterLab
by reading my
#thoughtoftheweek
In the Duckworth household, we have the Hard Things Rule—but we also have the Fun Thing Rule. Passion, loving what you do, is an important part of being gritty.
Read about the Fun Thing Rule in the new edition of GRIT