The strongest predictor for success | Angela Lee Duckworth

The strongest predictor for success | Angela Lee Duckworth

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A clip from Angela Lee Duckworth’s TED Talk “Grit: the power of passion and perseverance” from TED Talks Education 2013

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.

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21 Comments

  1. Sadly a lot of this has fallen apart under further research. "Grit" is not measurably different to the trait "conscientiousness" that has been know for decades. It is actually less predictive of life attainment than IQ – or ability to learn, but is still very important.

  2. I have nothing against grit. Grit is going to get you through army boot camp. It's going to get you that sale when you need one 'yes' out of 100s of cold calls. It will indeed get you a long way in most jobs and pursuits. But for those times in life where you get one shot, to hire the right person, making the right call during negotiation with a key client, or formulating that word in a spelling bee, my experience says high IQ matters more. So if grit is what you have, choose your career appropriately.

  3. I agree that "grit" is fundmental but it is built on a foundation of delayed gratification – the ability to sacrifice a bit of "now" for future. Being able to delay gratification is one of the keys to long-term success.

  4. Grit – Passion and perseverance for VERY long term goals; sticking to it, day in and day out working REALLY hard for years to make the one thing you want in your future a reality.

  5. That’s why the Chinese are killing the game. Grit on steroids dunked in a hyper competitive pool of millions clawing their way out of the survival crab bucket

  6. I've been following the work of Angela ever since she entered the phd program at the University of Pennsylvania with professor Seligman and love what she's discovered in her research. I have a 6 year old Goddaughter named Amahle. One way of getting her to embrace a growth mindset is when I say to her "work harder," she enthusiastically replies, "get smarter!"

  7. Failure is never a permanent condition. At worst, failure is an indication that you need to adjust your course of action. From this point of view, some level of failure is a blessing!

  8. How does Dr Angela Lee Duckworth define grit?

    Grit is passion and perseverance for long-term goals. One way to think about grit is to consider what grit isn't. Grit isn't talent.
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
    West Point eh?
    Stand in a circle Mike Pompeo with any Three Stooges – Hannity Carlson Ingraham.
    Now. Point WEST!
    Idiots
    USA has been trying to burn off someone who is light years ahead of them. I complained about work and so what is arranged? More Work of course from formerly obese Madison Dinners Man scotting around on a SCOOTER, Libby? Pardon me! And Trump Did. Pardon Scooter Libby.

  9. This is one of lamest TED talks ever for two reasons. 1) The person giving the talk is speaking like sone expert. Nobody is an expert at anything unless they have been doing something for decades. 2) The information provided is not profound. It is something that has been known for 100’s of years. Persistence, hard work, overcoming failure (grit) are the keys to success. So we have some apparently highly educated person telling us something we already know but packaging it as some profound knowledge so they can pat themselves on the back. The presenter has made a fool of themselves. It’s laughable.

  10. Intelligence is not the biggest factor of success, but grit and self control are.
    Most poor people became poor because they chose to walk that path (unintentionally though).