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How to Get More Grit in Your Life

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What Are Some Ideas for Instilling Grit?

The author writes about how overbearing parents and teachers erode intrinsic motivation. "I do try to remember that though the hard work, the kind of get up again after you've fallen down," she says. Even kids who have the potential to be very gritty need parents to tell them 'no, you actually do have to do that'

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