Bob Greene: I took something from your book, a sort of parenting philosophy that was important when you talk about sports and activities. He says no one likes something typically when it's brand new and they're incompetent. You have to do a baseline amount of work to see, he says. Greene: Nobody is allowed to choose your hard thing for you. The only person who chooses the hard thing is the person themselves.
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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