
Angela Duckworth on “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance”
The Next Chapter by American Express Business Class
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Is My Daughter a Genius?
When you were a kid, your father said to you that he didn't think you were a genius. You have now won a genius grant from the mc arthur foundation. Why? Because grit is not correlated at all with talent, like, zero correlation. And for me, i love what i do. I am everything that i study. And i feel like i made a small contribution to the world, and absolutely because of my grit, and not because of natural ability.
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