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From the Ted Talk by Angela Lee Duckworth: Grit The power of passion and perseverance
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So I left the croalsosm, and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist. I started studying kids and adults in all kinds of super chnlegnilag settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why? My rrceseah team and I went to West Point Military Academy. We tried to predict which cadets would stay in mitliray tanirnig and which would drop out. We went to the National Spelling Bee and tried to predict which children would advance farthest in competition. We sditeud rookie teachers working in really tough neighborhoods, asking which teachers are still going to be here in tihcaeng by the end of the school year, and of those, who will be the most effective at improving lnnraieg outcomes for their students? We pntrreaed with private companies, asking, which of these slseaploepe is going to keep their jobs? And who's going to earn the most moeny? In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit.
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So I left the _________, and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist. I started studying kids and adults in all kinds of super ___________ settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why? My ________ team and I went to West Point Military Academy. We tried to predict which cadets would stay in ________ ________ and which would drop out. We went to the National Spelling Bee and tried to predict which children would advance farthest in competition. We _______ rookie teachers working in really tough neighborhoods, asking which teachers are still going to be here in ________ by the end of the school year, and of those, who will be the most effective at improving ________ outcomes for their students? We _________ with private companies, asking, which of these ___________ is going to keep their jobs? And who's going to earn the most _____? In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit.
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Original Text
So I left the classroom, and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist. I started studying kids and adults in all kinds of super challenging settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why? My research team and I went to West Point Military Academy. We tried to predict which cadets would stay in military training and which would drop out. We went to the National Spelling Bee and tried to predict which children would advance farthest in competition. We studied rookie teachers working in really tough neighborhoods, asking which teachers are still going to be here in teaching by the end of the school year, and of those, who will be the most effective at improving learning outcomes for their students? We partnered with private companies, asking, which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs? And who's going to earn the most money? In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit.
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