Angela Duckworth: Grit Isn't Enough
What if trying harder is sometimes exactly the wrong thing to do?
Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grit, has spent years studying achievement. In her new book, Situated, she explores why perseverance alone isn't enough.
She discusses:
How Angela and her husband nearly “gritted” their way out of their marriage
How much your environment shapes who you become
The small change that can make good habits easier
Why parents may be asking the wrong question about their children
How peer pressure can become a force for good
Whether AI could make us worse at thinking
When changing your situation matters more than changing yourself
We spend enormous energy trying to improve ourselves. Angela Duckworth asks a different question: what if the more important thing is to change what’s around us?
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