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Grit
- The Power of Passion and Perseverance
- Narrated by: Angela Duckworth
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things? The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a passionate persistence. In other words, grit.
MacArthur Genius Award-winning psychologist Angela Duckworth shares fascinating new revelations about who succeeds in life and why. Based on her cutting-edge research, Duckworth shows how many people achieve remarkable things not just by relying on innate natural talent but by practising what she calls grit. She then offers a Grit Formula to help anyone to become grittier, focusing on six key factors: hope, effort, precision, passion, ritual and prioritisation.
She reveals:
- Why people who test high for talent often fail to achieve their potential and why people who do not test high for talent often overachieve what others expect them to do
- How grit can be learned, whatever your IQ or circumstances
- Why stubbornness is a key characteristic of gritty people
- When to be stubborn and when giving up is the grittiest thing you can do
- How gritty people found their passion and you can find yours
- How gritty experts practise and how you can do the same in your own life
- What the people who care about you can do to boost your grit when you need it most
- How grit is cultivated in the highest-performing sports teams, companies and schools
Leaping past clichés such as 'success is all about hard work', Grit offers a fresh and motivating way to climb to heights far beyond what natural talent would predict.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-05-21
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Fantastic book brimming with ideas & stories to transform our lives - thank you for upgrading my life - to be more gritty
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- Matt Lewis
- 24-08-17
brilliant insights backed up by research
loved this work. from start to finish it flows easily with great insights. recommended to anyone who is interested in self improvement or has kids they want to try and give a good start in life too (the latter part of the book for the kids stuff). the author also has an excellent voice for audible and the book translates well to the oral medium
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- Roxann
- 20-03-17
fantastic listen
fanatasit book so educational and motivational, ideal for my situation as a Teachers Assistant. must read to anyone incrarge of growing minds.
gone listen again now.
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- Daniel
- 17-01-17
Great look at excellence!
Listened to this and was constantly interested throughout! A very easy listen and enjoyed the content!
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- jonny
- 03-08-16
Grit
If every parent, teacher, coach or person of influence read this book the world would be a better place l
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- alex
- 01-07-20
A really great book!
This book is insightful, interesting and encouraging. I chose this book after being described by my boss as someone with grit and determination, something that I hadn't really thought about before as it is just the way I am, so I wanted to understand it more. I found it very relatable but I also found it insightful and encouraging because, like everyone else, I have a sabotaging part of myself that sometimes makes my growth an unpleasant experience.
The author is the narrator and her tone is engaging throughout. I highly recommend if you're someone wanting to move from a fixed to a growth mindset and understanding how to do that. There is the storytelling technique used throughout which is one of the things I think, makes it so engaging.
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- Miss D O'nion
- 09-07-22
This book explains grit it has support too
The author explains grit the fall down 7 get up 8 but her research shows the most success is when this is done within a supporting environment team or just one person saying the right thing at the right time and then encouraging you but still needing the grit
This is a fantastic inspiration read backed by lots of data to prove what grit really is and how we can all have it and most importantly model it for others
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- Ms. A. Roberts
- 25-06-22
An ok book
I enjoyed listening to the book, but I felt as though there could have been more practical things to do.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-09-23
Intriguing
Realistic, applicable to life debates, it’s safe to say my mindset has been influenced into restructuring how I look at my talent and interests.
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- MR D Shukla
- 07-09-23
Amazing read
I took a phenomenal amount of notes for this book and was really impressed and helped me reformulate and understanding of what success actually entails and would highly recommend this to anyone on Audible
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