Quotes by Angela Duckworth
Angela Duckworth is an American psychologist and author who is best known for her research on grit, self-control, and perseverance. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and has authored several popular books, including “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.” Duckworth’s work has shed light on the importance of non-cognitive skills in predicting success, and has been widely influential in education, business, and personal development. (Bio)
Angela Duckworth Quotes
1. “Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.”
2. “Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.”
3. “Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.”
4. “As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.”
5. “When you keep searching for ways to change your situation for the better, you stand a chance of finding them. When you stop searching, assuming they can’t be found, you guarantee they won’t.”
6. “I learned a lesson I’d never forget. The lesson was that, when you have setbacks and failures, you can’t overreact to them.”
7. “…interests are not discovered through introspection. Instead, interests are triggered by interactions with the outside world. The process of interest discovery can be messy, serendipitous, and inefficient. This is because you can’t really predict with certainty what will capture your attention and what won’t…Without experimenting, you can’t figure out which interests will stick, and which won’t.”
8. “…grit grows as we figure out our life philosophy, learn to dust ourselves off after rejection and disappointment, and learn to tell the difference between low-level goals that should be abandoned quickly and higher-level goals that demand more tenacity. The maturation story is that we develop the capacity for long-term passion and perseverance as we get older.”
9. “I won’t just have a job; I’ll have a calling. I’ll challenge myself every day. When I get knocked down, I’ll get back up. I may not be the smartest person in the room, but I’ll strive to be the grittiest.”
10. “It soon became clear that doing one thing better and better might be more satisfying than staying an amateur at many different things:”
― Angela Duckworth Quotes
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