337. Success Is Situational: How Feedback & Practice Transform Your Communication

Sometimes the most important thing you can do to make a change in your life. is not Persevere. But to change your situation. My name's Matt Abrahams, and I teach strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Welcome to ThinkFast.

Talk smart. The podcast Mm-hmm. Today I'm delighted to bring you my conversation with Angela Duckworth. Angela is a MacArthur fellow, the co-host of the Freekonomics radio show No Stupid Questions, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and the co-director of the Penn Wharton Behavior Change for Good initiative Angela's first book, Grit, The Power of Passion and Perseverance, is a number one New York Times bestseller.

And her TED talk on the same topic is among the most viewed of all time. Her new book is called Situated. Find the people in places that bring out your best. Well, welcome, Angela. I've been a huge fan of your work for a long time and we have lots of friends in common, Katie Milkman, Allison Woodbrooks. I am thrilled to meet you in person. Thanks for being here. Matt, thank you for having me. I'm looking forward to our conversation. Awesome. Shall we get started? Let's do it. Excellent. We have often spoken about grit and tenacity on the show, especially around communication and improving communication skills. As somebody who has spent a lot of time studying grit and tenacity, can you share with us what that means for you?

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