Grit: The Power Of Passion And Perseverance By Angela Duckworth

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Book Review: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
In Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance book, Angela Duckworth shows how grit describes passion and perseverance and identifies high achievers, and why talent isn't as essential as a great many people think. As in the book it explains that Passion is the consistency of objectives held over drawn out stretches of time. Perseverance is the capability to conquer problems and complete what you have started. Angela Duckworth explains in equation of as effort counts twice as in talent x effort= skill in which skill x effort= achievement in which it means the more you put effort the more your skills increase and more you can achieve. They are four components to grit: interest, practice, purpose and hope.
In chapter one showing up Angela Duckworth's initial research attempted to predict success in a variety of fields, like military, business, and games. She found that ability and fortunes were insufficient explanations for …show more content…

Anyone who has lower talent can be successful. It takes more time for the lower ability, higher grid individual to rev up, however once she does, she makes up for lost time in accomplishment and surpasses the higher ability individual. Grid isn't just about remaining on the treadmill; it's tied in with getting back on the treadmill, for quite a while. In the event that you quit hopping on the treadmill, your exertion drops to zero, and your abilities quit enhancing, and you quit accomplishing yield.
Chapter 4 how gritty are you. It is a Grit Scale questionnaire in which shows you questions if they are related to you or not. Grit has two components, passion and perseverance. For passion score add up odd numbered items and perseverance add up even numbered

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