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How to Get More Grit in Your Life

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Is Grit a Tide That Lifts All Boats?

"The more grit you have, the happier you say you are," says CNN's John Sutter. "But we don't know whether that comes at the cost of your loved ones." He asks his own family: Does it bother you? Is my grit driving you crazy? Do I work too hard? is your life worse off?" The people who you love love you back, and they probably want you to be a fulfilled individual,. by that metric, that should be a tide that raises the boats.

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