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The TED Interview: How to turn grit into a lifelong habit | Angela Duckworth

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Growth Mindset and Grit

The right time to measure the impact of growth mind set is not a year later, but it might be seven years later. A little bit of confidence is going to get you to try a little bit harder. When your teacher says to you, you know what i'm really excited that you struggled a little longer to day in class. That makes a difference. So yes to virtuous cycles. But human beings and their circumstances exist in a dance, and they are always dancing with each other. We should keep that in mind and not then come to conclusions like, you know, two class periods of intervention are going to solve all the problems in the world.

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