Talent Is How Quickly Your Skills Improve

Angela Duckworth (@angeladuckw) is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, founder of the non-profit Character Lab, co-host of the No Stupid Questions podcast, and author of NYT bestseller Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

• What grit is and how it overrides the myth of innate "talent."
• How to quantify your own level of grit.
• How to grow your grit and achieve what once seemed impossible.
• Why, when you’re a lifelong learner, you’re always going to see in hindsight how you might have done something better in the past — and this is a sign of improvement.
• How to know the difference between a lost cause to abandon and a challenge worthy of pursuit.
• And much more...

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