Grit

Mar 9, 2021

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What makes people successful? Is it some kind of inherent advantage? Is it privilege? Is it talent? Hard work? Having a good idea to begin with?

A study of 11,258 cadets at West Point, conducted over 10 years, says it's something else: "grit."

Led by professors Angela Lee Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and Michael Matthews of West Point itsel…

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