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Grit Is Passion Plus Perseverance
- Grit combines passion and perseverance toward long-term goals.
- Angela Duckworth defines grit as both sustained interest and sustained effort over years.
Classroom Sparked The Research
- Duckworth began studying grit as a classroom teacher watching some students outwork others.
- She wanted to understand why some kids kept trying while others stopped despite similar potential.
West Point Validated The Grit Scale
- West Point used long-standing selection tests but many recruits still dropped out during Beast Barracks.
- Duckworth's grit scale predicted who would finish Beast better than the official candidate score.