When i went to college, i thought i was going to be a doctor. My dad wanted me to get an m d, phd, and be like a medical school professor. And so when i graduate from college, i m you know, took a turn actually, that my dad was really annoyed about. So i did major inteo biology. And i could have gone to medical school because when i fulfilled the requirents of my major, i also simultaneously fulfilled the requirements for going to medical school. There is, this big test called the m cat. And em my senior year then go right to medical school without any one or two year gap. I think it's reached
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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