Grit
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Preface Chapter 1: Showing Up Chapter 2: Distracted By Talent Chapter 3: Effort Counts Twice Chapter 4: How Gritty Are You? Chapter 5: Grit Grows Chapter 6: Interest Chapter 7: Practice Chapter 8: Purpose Chapter 9: Hope Chapter 10: Parenting for Grit Chapter 11: The Playing Fields of Grit Chapter 12: A Culture of Grit Chapter 13: Conclusion
Themes
All Themes Passion, Perseverance, and Success Developing Grit Psychology and Human Development Grit and Society
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Characters
All Characters Angela Duckworth Jeff Bezos Benjamin Bloom Pete Carroll Kat Cole Cody Coleman Tom Deierlein Anson Dorrance Duckworth’s Father Anders Ericsson Jeffrey Gettleman Jane Golden Steve Maier Marty Seligman Will Shortz Marc Vetri David Yeager Steve Young
Terms
All Terms Grit Grit Scale MacArthur “Genius Grant” Beast Barracks Deliberate Practice Flow Growth Mindset
Symbols
All Symbols Genius Compass
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Grit

by

Angela Duckworth

Grit Symbols

Genius

Ordinary assumptions about “genius” represent the way that most people instinctively attribute success to innate talent, when it’s more often the result of grit. Angela Duckworth opens Grit by recalling that when she was…

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Compass

Andrea Duckworth compares passion to a compass in order to explain how, when it comes to setting goals, consistency is more important than intensity. A more popular metaphor for passion is fireworks, but Duckworth…

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