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How to Get More Grit in Your Life

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You're No Genius, Angela Duckworth

Annette Lee's parents both emigrated from China and met in the US in the 1960s. Her father got his PhD in organic chemistry and took a job at DuPont. She says her dad just didn't think his kids had much natural talent. Annette became a doctor, a reproductive endocrinologist in private practice in Pennsylvania. But their dad's whole genius stick stayed with her.

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