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The TED Interview: How to turn grit into a lifelong habit | Angela Duckworth

TED Business

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Is There a Lot of Luck in Your Life?

Sally Kohn: Can we edge in a little bit of luck here? She says the American dream is you work hard and you can achieve. But where does that desire to work come from? It itself is luck, she asks. "If you recognize the enormous power of luck, if you don't curl up into a little ball and do nothing, i think actually it might make you lean harder"

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