37 Angela Duckworth Quotes for You to Enjoy

Angela Duckworth

American Psychologist

Born: 1970

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Related authors: Abraham Maslow B. F. Skinner Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Erich Fromm Erik Erikson Phil McGraw Thomas Szasz Wayne Dyer

As our knees and hips and eyesight deteriorate, we become more dependable, less impulsive, kinder, and less moody. Psychologists call this the maturity principle. My own life experience fits this principle to a T. Angela Duckworth

Being gritty doesn't mean not showing pain or pretending everything is O.K. In fact, when you look at healthy and successful and giving people, they are extraordinarily meta-cognitive. They're able to say things like, 'Dude, I totally lost my temper this morning.' That ability to reflect on yourself is signature to grit. Angela Duckworth

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When people think of the word 'drive,' they often think you have it or you don't, and that's where we're wrong. Drive is something that can be encouraged by a wonderful teacher, by a terrific classroom environment, by an awesome soccer team that you are on, and it can be squashed as well. Angela Duckworth

When people tell me I can't do something, I have a visceral reflex to say, 'Yes, I can.' Angela Duckworth

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Most teachers, when surveyed, say that it is part of their job to help students develop things like grit. This is especially true at the elementary and middle school levels. They feel it's part of their vocation to teach other things that are not formally academic content. Angela Duckworth

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Many, many individuals will report starting to form their lifelong interests around adolescence. Why that is, researchers don't fully know. But if you can take a trip down memory lane and see what interested you, that's at least a clue as to where your interest may begin to develop. Angela Duckworth

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Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is. Angela Duckworth

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The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores. Angela Duckworth

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I think the very idea of character, of developing not just grit, but empathy and curiosity, emotional intelligence - you know, the things that I want my own daughters to develop - the idea that we're going to get there through rewards and punishments seems completely at odds with the idea of character itself. Angela Duckworth

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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered. Angela Duckworth

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There is a fluency and an ease with which true mastery and expertise always expresses itself, whether it be in writing, whether it be in a mathematical proof, whether it be in a dance that you see on stage, really in every domain. But I think the question is, you know, where does that fluency and mastery come from? Angela Duckworth

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I was a good novice teacher, but I did the things that were obvious. I stayed for lunch for extra tutoring, gave kids my cell phone, and was available. In my first year of teaching, I ended up doubling the math time that a conventional school would have. But I don't think any of these things were path-breaking or unusual. Angela Duckworth

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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold. Angela Duckworth

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Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That's what I'm after. Angela Duckworth

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Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing. Angela Duckworth

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It's a very good thing to teach kids to finish what they started in the sense of fulfilling their commitments. So when my daughter told me on the second track meet that she was done with it because she discovered she didn't like competing, I made her finish the season. Angela Duckworth

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Most people who are really, enduringly interested in something eventually find that it's important, too - and important to other people. Very few people can keep going their whole life doing something and feel like it's merely personally fascinating. Angela Duckworth

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I know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes - not necessarily because these people are going to be doing pushups or spiking volleyballs in the workplace, but because they're looking for that continuity, that person who was gritty about something. Angela Duckworth

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Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored. Angela Duckworth

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I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus, I think that those are things I would aspire to or hope for for all our children. Angela Duckworth

Some of the things we do are great, but they often have these iterations that are not great. We screw up sometimes. We get rejected. Angela Duckworth

Great Sometimes Some Up Get Often Screw Things Rejected

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