Unlock Your Potential: Angela Duckworth's Grit - The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Kristen Gandy: This is one of my favorite books that I’ve ever read. I’m a psych student and have read some of Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligmans research in the past for journal article reviews. Their work is so fascinating. Take the information to heart. It has the potential to be life changing.

United States on Oct 14, 2023

Matt: This book and positive psychology has changed my life significantly. I like the fact that this isn't necessarily a self-help book, but a count of experiences by one of the best in the world at what she does. She does a great job at highlighting key moments in her life and the lives of others. Getting my grit score and character strengths really put some things in perspective.

United States on Oct 06, 2023

Mike McCallum: Excellent book! Can be somewhat depressing when comparing the life you have to the one you may have had if you'd exhibited some "grit"! The book doesn't leave you high and dry with great examples of how you can manifest and increase "grit" in your life. Highly recommend. Read this and then read "The Power of Regret". Another great read!

Canada on Aug 26, 2023

R Balakrishnan: The concept of Grit is so well explained in such a structured manner that it’s easy to understand, diagnose and implement.

India on Aug 25, 2023

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India on Jun 30, 2023

Anshu Rai: This book isn't something you should skip, if you get a chance to get your hand on it, don't hesitate and just grab a copy, it's worth the read!

The author Angela Duckworth has done an amazing work in presenting a comprehensive view of grit with great brevity.

This book starts from the basics, as on what is grit, and keeps on moving forward with a series of questions that would arise in any person's mind. I personally liked the way she has written the book, being a psychologist herself, she hasn't filled with this entirely with studies, and data rather it is light read with numerous stories from top athletes, actors, and many people who have worked their way to the top through consistent hardwork or 'grit'. The author has called them profoundly as 'grit paragons'.

It is a book you should read if you feel that talent is innate as this book will challenge your views in a way that you might have a change in outlook. Also, you should read it if you feel that talent can be developed with consistent effort as this book will affirm your opinion with stories, studies, and data.

Also, by including her own story, a story that anyone will be able to connect with...

India on Feb 18, 2023

Raghubir Singh Pirta: At the outset I want to tell to those parents and teachers who worry about their lesser talented children. Here is Grit by Angela Duckworth, which is a hope for them. The book is about zeal and hard work in achievement of goal. The author in her research on children found that the I.Q. a gold standard for prediction of intellectual excellence falls short when one works with passion and persistence. In other words, the lesser talented children putting hard work in their studies perform better than the talented children.

Her research adds something important to the repertoire of positive psychology, a solid core to achieve a goal in life. It is more substantial than the hollow concept of happiness. Grit is an antidote for those who feel lesser talented; studies show that with hard work and perseverance they can trump the more talented. Duckworth provided a new vision for dropout problem in schools, especially in the developed world. There was nothing wrong with the school and the teachers, rather the problem was the ‘character’ of the students dropping out: disregard for norms and carelessness to work.

Passion, Duckworth says, is working toward goal in abiding,...

India on Nov 18, 2022

Jarin Jove: This book, by Psychologist Angela Duckworth, was very illuminating. I had heard of this book before thanks to having read Carol Dwreck and Heidi Grant Halvorson's books, but I wish I had read this one before them because I feel that it provides the foundational basis for those other two authors delve into with mindsets. Halvorson and Duckworth's books together seem to give a more concise and efficient view on how to pursue goals. Dwreck details the self-conceptions and lists anecdotal examples.

The most striking matter I've found about this book doesn't really relate to the book per se. I've discovered that a lot of the more "official" reviews, such as the New Yorker, are being utterly pretentious and vilifying this book based on arguments that Angela Duckworth never made or even implied. I was shocked to see the radical difference between the contents of the book and the disparaging reviews that were being dishonest in their representation of both her research and her as a person. I was in disbelief until I read her perspective on her TEDTalk in her own book where she mentions, in much nicer words than I'm describing, how the CEO of TED basically asked her to dumb down her...

United States on Jul 06, 2018

Ian Mann: For decades the U.S. Army has been educating their finest at West Point military academy. Only about half of the 2,500 applicants meet its rigorous academic and physical standards, which are as high as the elite universities. Nearly all men and women are ‘varsity athletes’. The first few months, known as the Beast, are the most physically and emotionally demanding of the four-year course. All admitted candidates have been selected, based on the ‘Whole Candidate Score’ test.

However, those who stayed and those who dropped out during the Beast, had indistinguishable scores. Both the Army and Dr. Duckworth were perplexed by the question: “Who spends two years trying to get into a place and then drops out in the first two months?”

What emerged from Duckworth’s work on the problem was the Grit Scale—a test that measures the extent to which you approach life with grit. Grit turned out to be an astoundingly reliable predictor of who made it through and who did not.

The Grit Scale was tested with sales people, among others, who are subject to the daily hardship of rejection. In an experiment involving hundreds of men and women who sold vacation...

United States on Apr 10, 2017