How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough: Available in book and through OverDrive. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.”ģ. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals–personal and professional. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn’t foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. “Dweck explains why it’s not just our abilities and talent that bring us success–but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset.
Mindset: the new psychology of success by Carol Dweck: Available in book, CD, and through OverDrive. Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that - not talent or luck - makes all the difference.Ģ. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers - from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker, to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. Here, she takes readers into the field to visit teachers working in some of the toughest schools, cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. As a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Duckworth created her own “character lab” and set out to test her theory. Drawing on her own story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her winding path through teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not “genius” but a special blend of passion and long-term perseverance. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial, such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments. Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur genius grant recipient Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Grit: the power of passion and perseverance by Angela Duckworth: Available in book and through OverDrive. So just how do you instill some much needed grit in your children? Or yourself for that matter? Here is our list of “Top Ten Books to Build and Teach ‘Grit’” to help build grittier kids and adults.ġ. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.”
Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. It’s an intangible quality that she defines as. Duckworth has some fascinating things to say about the importance of teaching your children to have “grit”. A former management consultant later seventh grade math teacher and then a psychologist, Ms. TED Talks have some amazing information and I was recently very impressed by a talk titled “ Grit: The power of passion and perseverance ” by Angela Lee Duckworth.
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