Angela Duckworth: Grit Isn't Enough (#317)
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What if trying harder is sometimes exactly the wrong thing to do?
Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grit, has spent years studying achievement. In her new book, Situated, she explores why perseverance alone isn't enough.
She discusses:
- How Angela and her husband nearly “gritted” their way out of their marriage
- How much your environment shapes who you become
- The small change that can make good habits easier
- Why parents may be asking the wrong question about their children
- How peer pressure can become a force for good
- Whether AI could make us worse at thinking
- When changing your situation matters more than changing yourself
We spend enormous energy trying to improve ourselves. Angela Duckworth asks a different question: what if the more important thing is to change what’s around us?