#thelitbit // Grit
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
You are capable of the vision that burns the fire within you - as long as you ceaselessly work toward it. Ceaselessly grow, learn, have curiosity or in other words - passion and perseverance. Angela walks us through numerous examples and studies of the benefits of grit and the path to lifetime achievements.
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1. What will you do with what you've been given whether that be a talent or an opportunity for growth?
"Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another."
Also worth including this viewpoint from Will Smith:
"The separation of talent and skill is one of the greater misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft."
2. Be curious. Try new things. You never know what may give you that spark - open your eyes and trust in the process.
"...interests are not discovered through introspection. Instead, interests are triggered by interactions with the outside world. The process of interest discovery can be messy, serendipitous, and inefficient. This is because you can't really predict with certainty what will capture your attention and what won't. You can't simply will yourself to like things, either...Without experimenting, you can't figure out which interests will stick, and which won't. Paradoxically, the initial discovery of an interest often goes unnoticed by the discoverer."
3. Keep at it. Either you'll have a breakthrough or you'll realise you'll need to make an exception for yourself (be real. Be honest.). But never give up.
"When you keep searching for ways to change your situation for the better, you stand a chance of finding them. When you stop searching, assuming they can't be found, you guarantee they won't."
4. There's more in your tank than you cut yourself out to be.
"It sometimes feels like we have nothing left to give, and yet, in those dark and desperate moments, we find that if we just keep putting one foot in front of the other, there is a way to accomplish what all reason seems to argue against."
And with some words from John Wooden,
"Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."