Angela Duckworth: Grit - The Power of Passion and Perseverance

In this episode, we are joined by Angela Duckworth, who is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, which proposes the concept of ‘grit’ as using passion and personal conscientiousness to achieve long-term goals. Angela has also been a winner of the MacArthur Genius Fellowship. What Was Covered How passion and perseverance is at the heart of grit and its contribution to high performance The naturalness bias and our preference towards those we perceive as naturally talented compared to those who strive to achieve success The mundanity of excellence and how champions learn to love the discipline of working on their craft How successful people use hopeful mindset to solve challenges, setbacks, and failures. Key Takeaways and Learnings Focus: why the most successful gritty high performers spend up to 70% of their time developing their passion alone. Assets of passion: the four developmental stages we experience in realising our passions in life. Top level goals: how to set your most important priorities aside from lesser interests as a path to achieving your top-level goal. Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode Get in touch with Angela Duckworth via Twitter or Facebook  Angela's websites: https://angeladuckworth.com/ and https://www.characterlab.org/ Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, a book by Angela Duckworth Angela's TED talk University of Pennsylvania, website McKinsey, website The Mundanity of Excellence: An Ethnographic Report on Stratification and Olympic Swimmers Daniel F. Chambliss