What is grit? How does it help people? And why is it an intergenerational flashpoint? A recent event at the University of St. Thomas gathered Minnesota Vikings defensive player Josh Metellus; Tommie ...

What makes a person successful? For Professor Angela Duckworth, the answer is grit, an intangible trait that motivates passion and perseverance. In a study at West Point, Duckworth found that grit ...

We owe it to this generation of students to give them opportunities to develop grit in order to navigate life’s inevitable ...

What are the causes of success? At first glance, the answer is easy: success is about talent. It's about being able to do something - hit a baseball, play chess, trade stocks, write a blog - better ...

“I define grit simply as passion and perserverance for especially long-term goals. I don’t believe we should use measures of grit for high-stakes accountability. I think the misconception is that if ...

Grit is all over the news these days—the “latest fad in schools, ” according to author Alfie Kohn. With research suggesting that grit is linked to academic success, many policy makers, school leaders, ...

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