Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 11 Review) The author says that if she could, she would put every kid in the world to do have an extracurricular activity. She says that those activities help develop grit in children, but there aren’t many studies on that because noRead More…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 10 Review) The author gets asked a lot “What can I do to encourage grit in the people I care for?” She says that everyone that asked are thinking as a parent would, even if they’re not parents. John Watson says thatRead More…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 9 Review) The author explains that hope is an expectation that tomorrow will be better than today. Grit has a different type of hope, hope that our skills will improve better throughout the years. Normal hope vs grit hope is different, becauseRead More…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 8 Review) Passion can come from interest. For some people, it come from purpose. The author says that gritty people have both. The author tells about a girl called Alex Scott who was diagnosed with brain cancer, and she made a lemonadeRead More…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 7 Review) The author found out that the grittier people who practice more in the spelling bee, and in the end they get better results. It’s obvious. All people who are known for their grit all have a thing the Japanese callRead More…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 6 Review) People always tell you to follow your passion, but the author’s dad tells her to look for a high-paying job instead of doing something that might be fun but not make any money. But according to research, people who haveRead More…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 5 Review) It starts by the author asking how much grit do we have. She says that grit is affected by both genes and experience, same as how height works. Talents are also genetically influenced, but only for the most part. YouRead More…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 4 Review) It starts with the author doing a presentation, and she explained to a person that grit is more about stamina than intensity. She then talks about the grit scale that she made, and how enthusiasm is common, but endurance isRead More…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 3 Review) Everywhere, people highlight the word “talent” when someone has achieved something great. People imply that hard-workers will never catch up to someone talented. There was a book about the study of swimmers made by a guy called Dan. When heRead More…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Chapter 2 Review) The author starts by telling us he quit her job to work as a teacher because she thought consulting wasn’t teaching. She opened a free teaching course then went to Oxford. The students were around 12 years old. Some ofRead More…