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Angela Duckworth

6 key ideas, each explained in our own words.

Grit

  1. IDEA 1

    Passion plus perseverance

    High achievers combine long-term passion with persistence. Talent helps, but sustained effort over years matters more.

  2. IDEA 2

    Effort counts twice

    Talent times effort gives skill. Skill times effort gives achievement. Effort appears twice in the path from ability to results.

  3. IDEA 3

    Deliberate practice

    Experts practise on specific weaknesses with full concentration and immediate feedback. Comfortable repetition builds less skill.

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Debates featuring Angela Duckworth

What really drives success: effort or circumstance?Effort and mindset vs Context and luckWillpower, or design your environment?Push through vs Design the systemIs poverty mainly about individual choices or systems?Choices and effort vs Systems and structures

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