The famous marshmallow test was inspired by a study that said kids who can wait for two marshmallows turn out to have better outcomes in school. The original claim was that it predicted everything about your life, but now there's some debate over how predictive the task really is of your long-term life outcomes.
What does it take to persevere and succeed, not just in our careers but in all aspects of our lives? For psychologist Angela Duckworth, the answer can be summed up in one concept: grit. She explains the ingredients in grit and the experiences that make one person persist where another gives up — and offers concrete steps to instill grit early in life and sustain it.
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