
How to turn grit into a lifelong habit | Angela Duckworth
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My Dad Was a Roll Model
My dad was a chemist. He emigrated to this country when he was a young man and ended his ph d. At the university of cincinnati in organic chemistry. And my dad was so passionate about what he did. So i had this contrast between, you know, a narrative which at least i heard as being very much about who special. But then his lived example was very much about about what i call grit, you know, passion and perseverance over very long time periods.
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