Suffering has been a big part of life for hundreds of thousands of years. When you're exposed to it, and the analogyis kind of a virus, right? You don't have anyAnybodies, and you're exposure to something, the react is more severe. I think that the enhe the thing that parents often say was like, oh, your life is good, but, you know, my own parents would say, children are starving in china,. But i will say this: It never really worked. So how would you help somebody have perspective if it's not lecturing them?"
Angela Duckworth is the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a professor at the Wharton School of Business, and the author of the influential NYT bestselling book, Grit. She has received the MacArthur Genius Grant, co-hosts the No Stupid Questions podcast, and has delivered one of the most popular TED Talks of all time.
Angela joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about her journey to study psychology, why grit is so crucial to success, and how to use grit in life, business, parenting and much more.
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