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Angela Lee Duckworth defines grit as “passion and perseverance to pursue long term goals” (Duckworth and Winkler, True Grit). Grit is putting your mind towards a goal and not to give up, no matter what obstacle that stands in front of you. By becoming a gritty individual, a person gains courage within their self. Having courage, people manage fear of failure and being true within oneself to aim for things they would have never thought they could achieve. Grit is to aspire and succeed in ones future goals in college. Grit is to help maintain effort and interest over time, also to stay committed in spite of adversity. In Duckworth’s studies she showed how gritty people are more likely to become successful than talented people. In a study conducted

Duckworth explains people with grit are those who confront failure and don’t give up easily. She did research on the U.S Army to determine their grit. She realize, if the soldiers had a though of mind of grit they showed good results in their military performance on summer camp. Also, there was a fascinating research she had with taxi drivers relating to grit. Commonly, one would think that taxi drivers make more money in a rainy day. But what she found out was that taxi drivers work less hours in rainy days because they would make the sufficient money they needed for the day. In similarity, she compare this research to talent and grit. One with talent will spent less time on something so they stop immediately once they have proficient. In the other hand, someone with grit will spend longer time and get more out of it.

Grit, what is this? Is it success, is it failure, or is it talent? As Angela Duckworth said “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in and day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” Grit is a combination of strength, persistence, focus, and dedication that helps a person to maintain the optimism and discipline needed to persevere in their goals even if they are head to head with failure. Grit does not depend on talent, IQ, or success. Grit is the ability to fail and learn from your mistake, in order to come back next

There are a lot of different ways people could think of grit. My concept of grit would be having the passion and perseverance to accomplish something. My goal is to one day be a travel nurse. There are alot things that come with nursing, becoming a travel nurse will be challenging but with courage, follow through and excellence rather than perfection you can achieve that goal.

Throughout Grit, Angela Duckworth argues that grit is the single most important factor in determining success of an individual. She splits the argument into three parts: the concept of grit and why it matters, the proper use and understanding of the goal hierarchy, and how an individual can develop grit. Duckworth’s argument is important because it replaces the traditional viewpoint of success being determined by talent to one which sees success as a result of passion and perseverance.

Grit is a predictor of academic, professional, and personal success. Grit can be defined as strength of character or the ability to overcome failure and continue to work toward success. People with grit are not always the people with the most natural ability, but their work ethic and ability to overcome obstacles allows them to achieve success. Grit is a very valuable characteristic in almost any venture, as it gives someone an advantage in overcoming the inevitable obstacles they will face. However, grit is much easier adopted when an individual has a growth mindset.

In one of the most watched Ted talk videos, “The Key To Success- Grit,” recorded in May 9 2013, the speaker Angela Lee Duckworth explains how the strongest performers in their fields were typically not the ones with the highest IQ’s, but the ones with the most amount of Grit. What is that? Angela defines Grit to be the passion and perseverance for a long-term goal and to go through with it with no quitting. She then goes on and talks about the studies and their results relating to pure Grit being the answer. Although her her speech is moving and brings hope to those who don’t think they can do much with a low IQ, her reasoning seems to not carry enough evidence.

Have you ever set a long-term goal and were so determined to meet that goal no matter what happened? Angela Duckworth states, “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in and day out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years and working really hard to make that future a reality”. Sticking with a long-term goal, when you seem to have hit every bump in the road possible means that you contain grit. In class, we discussed how talent is inversely related to grit. Angela Duckworth did a study and made high school students take her grit test. In this test, she realized that the more grit that the student possessed, the higher chance that student would graduate.

These articles encourage success by telling us that we should always strive through our work even if we fail. What these articles taught me was to never give up no matter what challenges I face. We will all fail at some point throughout our lives, but that should not stop us from giving up. Instead of giving up, we should stay strong and learn from those mistakes. In the Grit TedTalk video it said, “It takes courage and strength in one to understand that failure is okay.” What I think this quote was trying to tell me was that Grit means to be resilient no matter how tough it can be at times. In other words it means that failing is good for Grit. To have Grit means to have perseverance. Another source that supports my claim is the President’s

All of the articles that I read have one thing in common; they all have the same opinion about grit. For example, in the Grit TedTalk, they encourage success because it shows how grit can be the difference between being successful and failing. Also, in the Mach 20 TedTalk, it stated that if you remove the thought of failure things that once seemed impossible are now possible. Those two examples show that fear of failing stops us from trying new things. It is holding us back from succeeding in the future. Failing is unavoidable, it is part of learning new things and trying again.

Although having an unlimited intellectual ability and talent is something to significantly strive for in life, however, grit differs in the way achievements is accomplished. Grit is having the passion for what goals that he or she is trying to achieve. In addition to having passion grit is also having the courage, the perseverance, and the flexibility in having long term goals. With grit there is a growth mindset, where learning can be transformed with some effort in children as well as adults. For example, a person may not be highly intelligent, but he continues to improve on himself until he reaches his long term goal. He is willing to fail and attempt to work at it again and again until he reaches his goal. Nevertheless, there are some

The idea of grit is to be used to help students improve on goals they’ve made, but in the The Downside of Grit by Alfie Kohn he would argue that somethings are better left alone instead of trying to pursue them and achieving them with little success. Kohn claims that grit can be counterproductive because anyone could be continuing something that doesn’t make them content with the outcome. He also discusses about how people with grit could experience issues with psychological health when you try over and over again and end up with continuous failure. It would be better to find an alternative pathway that would cause less stress, and end with success. Another argument that Kohn has is against the reliability of the research done on grit doesn’t rely on evidence. It

GRIT is an abbreviation for Growth, Resilience, Instinct, and tenacity. It is the ability to overcome obstacles to achieve my worthiest goal. The ability that is found in most of the world best leaders in common is GRIT, and it becomes the measurement to predict one’s potential success. Growth is the propensity to seek and consider new ideas, additional alternatives, different approaches, and fresh perspectives. Resilience is the capacity to respond constructively and ideally make good use of all kinds of adversity. Instinct is the gut-level capacity to pursue the right goals in the best and smartest ways. Tenacity is the degree to which you persist, commit to, stick with, and relentlessly go after whatever you choose to achieve.

What is grit? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it is “unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger.” The way I see it, grit is one of the best ways to be successful, not just in the classroom, but in life. Grit is knowing that your math test next week is going to be harder than the last one but still practicing and striving to improve. Grit isn’t just about getting better, but wanting to get better and slowly doing it over time. I can apply this growth mindset in my English class this year by using my creativity and talent, trying again when I make mistakes and by remembering that I’m always working towards a long-term goal.

I first heard the concept of grit from Angela Duckworth’s Ted Talk: “Grit: the power of passion and perseverance”. At the time I thought it was interesting but didn’t pay much attention to it. Then I read her book of the same name, and I’ll admit, at first I took everything personal because I’m the smart kid she’s talking about.