Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success

ISBN-13: 9781785040207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 464 str.

Angela Duckworth

Opis

Reveals the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement. This is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that - not talent or luck - makes all the difference.

Recenzje

GRIT is a persuasive and fascinating response to the cult of IQ fundamentalism. Duckworth reminds us that it is character and perseverance that set the successful apart. Malcolm Gladwell

O autorze

Dr Angela Duckworth is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow and an associate professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an expert in non-IQ competencies, including grit and self-control. A highly sought-after international speaker, her TED talk on grit has been viewed by over 10 million people.

Duckworth's hypothesis that the real guarantor of success may not be inborn talent but a special blend of resilience and single-mindedness grew out of her upbringing: as a child her scientist father lovingly bemoaned the fact his daughter was 'no genius'. Duckworth was determined to prove him wrong and spent her youth smashing through every academic barrier. As an adult she became focused on proving her theory and to find out if grit can be learned or cultivated. It was out of this that she created her own Character Lab at the University of Pennsylvania.