The Importance of Perseverance

Sally Kohn: I got there not because of grit at all, not because of perseverance at all. It was because of avoiding the things that I didn't enjoy and wasn't going to do. Her ex wife told her she'd be mediocre at it at best if she worked for a company like Google X. She focused on growing her own business 29% year over year so they were happy to keep paying her. And this applies to every area of life. You do not need to be perfect to be successful. you don't need to be optimal in any aspect of your life. So when you talk about grit and perseverance and so on, it's really not it's