How to Practice like a Pro | Angela Duckworth

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Who succeeds in life? In this talk, Angela Duckworth presents her influential work on grit-the tendency to pursue long-term goals with perseverance and passion. She describes the predictive power of grit for performance in a variety of fascinating contexts. Duckworth has studied groups like the West Point cadets, National Spelling Bee competitors, rookie teachers, students from the Chicago Public Schools-all people performing in high-stress environments-to look at the correlation between grit and achievement.