Angela Duckworth: The Gritty Road to Growth

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Mar 20, 2024

Angela Duckworth discusses her 'three boxes' model for human behavior, efficient research techniques using Google Scholar, and navigating generational differences in the age of technology with Guy Kawasaki. They also explore the impact of changing situations on personal growth and share insights on understanding human behavior and bias. Angela shares a touching story of her mother's late artistic passion rediscovery, highlighting the transformational power within us all.

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ADVICE

Choose The Right Hard Thing

Let children choose and sample their own "hard thing" rather than forcing a single path.
Encourage sticking to commitments but allow quitting to find the right passion earlier.

INSIGHT

Talent, Grit, And Luck Together

Success combines talent, grit, and factors outside the person like luck and context.
Define luck as the important things you didn't earn that shape opportunities and outcomes.

ANECDOTE

Mother Reclaims Her Art At 89

Angela shares her mother's early life as an ambitious art student who lost support and paused her craft for decades.
After her husband's death she reclaimed agency, rented a second unit as a studio, and started painting prolifically in her late 80s.

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In this episode of Remarkable People, host Guy Kawasaki continues his enlightening dialogue with Angela Duckworth, celebrating her second appearance on the podcast. The two dive into Angela’s “three boxes” model for understanding human behavior and discuss how changing situations can be the most effective lever for personal growth. Angela also shares behind-the-scenes insight into her popular podcast, No Stupid Questions, revealing her process for researching answers to listeners’ curious questions. Discover how Angela triangulates scientific findings, represents conflicting perspectives, and continually updates her understanding of human psychology and behavior. You’ll also get a taste for the show through a rapid-fire round of one-liner answers to some of the show’s recent questions. Along the journey, Angela tells a poignant story of her mother rediscovering artistic passion late in life that speaks to the remarkable transformational power within us all.

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