One of my favorite podcasts, Hidden Brain, had a great episode this week about "Grit", which one of the researchers defined as "passion and perseverance for long-terms goals."
"The thing that was revelatory to me was not that effort matters—everybody knows that effort matters," Angela told Shankar. "What was revelatory to me was how much it matters."
I still think there's this question of "why do some kids have more grit than others?" to be answered, but perhaps this is a start?
"The thing that was revelatory to me was not that effort matters—everybody knows that effort matters," Angela told Shankar. "What was revelatory to me was how much it matters."
I still think there's this question of "why do some kids have more grit than others?" to be answered, but perhaps this is a start?
Worth a listen:
http://www.npr.org/2016/04/04/472162167/the-power-and-proble...