Why Grit Isn’t Enough to Get What You Want | Angela Duckworth

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The culture I I think they make all the difference. I mean, you know, trying hard in a losing situation, you know, only leads to uh really like frustration and burnout. Psychologist, a professor, and a best selling author that sold over five million copies of her book called Grit, the one and only Doctor Angela Duckworth. If you are trying And then you're trying harder. And then you're trying harder still, and you do not feel like you are making progress in your marriage, in your career, in your friendships. I think that is the time you should stop. Ask yourself

Is it the situation? Like do I need to pivot? and put myself in a better situation and then, you know, of course, like then then keep trying. I mean I'll never stop believing and try harder. But that I think is a signal and I think I missed that signal. When does someone know that they should change their environment? There's this research that uh I didn't do but I think is like elemental to everything that I say. Um I'm curious to ask you first if you could have all the grit in the world, but not have proximity to the right environment. Do you believe we could still accomplish our big goals and dreams? I don't. I think the answer to that is

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