Download Audiobook Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth in English

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On this must-listen ebook for anybody striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth exhibits dad and mom, educators, college students, and businesspeople – each seasoned and new – that the key to excellent achievement isn’t expertise however a targeted persistence referred to as “grit”. Why do some folks succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark analysis on grit, MacArthur “genius” Angela Duckworth explains why expertise is hardly a guarantor of success. Relatively, different components will be much more essential, akin to figuring out our passions and following by on our commitments. Drawing on her personal highly effective story because the daughter of a scientist who ceaselessly bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her winding path by instructing, enterprise consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the speculation that what actually drives success isn’t genius however a particular mix of ardour and long-term perseverance. As a professor on the College of Pennsylvania, Duckworth created her personal “character lab” and got down to take a look at her principle. Right here, she takes listeners into the sector to go to lecturers working in a few of the hardest faculties, cadets struggling by their first days at West Level, and younger finalists within the Nationwide Spelling Bee. She additionally mines fascinating insights from historical past and exhibits what will be gleaned from fashionable experiments in peak efficiency. Lastly, she shares what she’s discovered from interviewing dozens of excessive achievers – from J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to the cartoon editor of The New Yorker to Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. Winningly private, insightful, and even life altering, Grit is a ebook about what goes by your head while you fall down and the way that – not expertise or luck – makes all of the distinction.