Her presentation skills after 4 years are much more better than in 2009. Her latest talk about Grit in TED impresses me strongly. Her body languages are so charming, and that makes me search for her biography. It directed me to this old video. xD No more filter " Ah, um.." , cross her arms, smile so often and she looks now more attractive with clearer voice. Thump up if you agree !
Her presentation skills after 4 years are much more better AS SHE HAS MATURED. Maturity comes from both the added years and the additional study she undertook. That is her GRIT
Grit is a small word in integrity, integrity will always get you to the top of your field. Dish washer to restaurant owner. My father taught me 2 of the most important aspects of success, any one can mess it up, it’s who can follow through and fix it. If you are going to take the time to start something, follow through and finish it.
I don't know why people are having such an issue with "um"s.. I didn't even notice it until I saw it in the comments below. She was engaging throughout the entire presentation.
I think jumping from one subject to another can be very fruitful in fact. It creates creativity. If you follow one task for long term you might fall into tunnel-vision issue in your work/subject.
+Kami bozorgdel This is very deciving and very easy to believe, I personnaly think many including me made that conclusion just based on some random hypothesis, but when you really study something very intense you get a sense for small detalis, how every little details of a subject matters nad you start to realise how little you actually know about many subjects :) Just my 5 cents on your hypothesis
Thank you so much for doing this study Angela. I believe it was Decartes that said, "Through knowing comes the solution". Now that I'm aware of this ingredient called "Grit", I can now apply that to my long-term goals. Thanks so much!!!
I read her book..I thought it was one of the thousands of books that try to explain why you are still nobody..but I have to say that reading it gave me a totally different perspective on how really people achieve something and get results...i’ve always known that hard work and perseverance are very important
Incredible talk and message. Explains aptly why the people who really love what they do in life- whatever it is- tend to come out on top of their game because they WANT to do it all the time and master that subject, so they have natural grit towards that goal. Wish I'd been encouraged to think about grit not talent from a young age, far more inspiring.
This is a marvelous talk. Takes my Don't Eat the Marshmallow Yet talk in TED to a higher level in regards to what is needed to achieve very high levels of success. Highly impressed with Dr. Duckworth and I congratulate her.
What a great presentation about an important topic that we are trying to develop in our students so that they can be successful in not only school, but life.
So, Angela, can I come work with you? I've known about grit forever--learned it from my dad. My favorite saying is, "It's mostly a matter of perseverance." I am a HS science teacher, and you are dead on... I don't know how to teach kids to have grit, though... therein lies my problem. Thank You!!!
I agree that grit and hard work are needed to be successful and high achievement. I also think some people get a dopamine high by some activity that cause them to focus and work as part of a reward process. You see this in video gamer that are stimulated by game play and they are getting doped by the activity.
I completely with Robert165. The NFL is the best example of GRIT. Every year players with lots of talent don't stay in the NFL because of their work effort. Then there are players with out the talent who work hard (Jeff Garcia). The nfl is a perfect example of grit.
Not an indicator, but a predictor. The difference is that success comes from hard work, not the other way around. Yes, every person has different aptitudes, but a good deal of behavior and ability is environmental; look at Einstein, look at Micheal Jordan: both were terrible at their professions in school (failing math and getting booted from the basketball team, respectively) and yet they ended up being iconic for their achievements. They were passionate and they worked for that success.
Why would the scores of children reflect the grit of the teacher? There are other possible factors such as home life, prior education, home resources, etc.
Why are psychologists and theoretical educationalists still punting the idea (vanity metric) that there is a causal relationship between teaching ability and student performance. In my experience student will pass or fail despite the efforts of their teachers rather than because of those efforts, regardless of how innovative, creative or conservative the methods might be.
I am a veteran teacher who has been in the profession for 22 years. I had a professor explain that we all have 3 groups in each class: one group that will get an A regardless of how terrible the teacher is, one group that will fail regardless of how hard the teacher works to prevent it, and one group that can go either way. Focus on that middle group. That's the reality, but it is a professionally treacherous statement to make even though we all think it.
@dcmusicfusion We're not "supposed to" anything. There are retired people who still don't know what they're living for. But I think you misunderstood... She said you need to have a long-term goal and follow it. That doesn't mean you can't change jobs or even careers.
Da Vinci is often brought up often as one of the greatest geniuses of our time, yet he flitted around from project to project, subject to subject. I think true grit has a lot of merit but where does Da Vinci fit in to that equation?
Because he failed massively for most of his life, and only was recognized as "good" at 46. So it took him grit to persevere until he finally achieved anything actually worthy.
I disagree with one issue...from 18 to 25.....you're supposed to find yourself. Whats the point of waking up at 35 and realizing you hate your job?????????? She has a lot of interesting research if you Google her and goto her U Penn publications page.
Please dont downplay intelligence Dr. Duckworth May be we have a somewhat different definition of intelligence. When defined as a skill of solving problem intelligence and also find you help find the GRITS
All the measure of grit are subjective, what if they were only the name we give to some endowment I.Q. can't measure? The result of low self-esteem and/or the social judgment on celebrating one's own skills?
now youre just changeing the word. shes refering to an unseen nearly unmeasured state of being similar to a self motivation. she calls it grit but there are many words for it
True Grit is not a "somewhat mediocre western." It's a fantastic film. Your whole argument fell apart for me when you said that! I didn't know that renowned film critic was also on your extensive resume.
Yes and some players also have grit but less talented. The ones who pull off upsets and make comebacks in moments that matters but lose the other games. Still depend on teammates though
people who read too much Wittgenstein may be under the impression that language problems are important, they may certainly be important in attaining prominence in philosophy, but are something we practitioners and Decision makers... in the real world... Leave for the weekend :)
The talk is gteat. Unfortunately for me, I am distracted by Dr. Duckworth's many "ums." The fillers we use profusely in our language actually weaken our message. I believe that those who make their living speaking would do well to work on this. Think about it, Dr. MLK or President Obama would not have risen to the heights they have and did if they used fillers unconsciously. My students let me know when I use from my bag of fillers.
@@corruptfulboins8405 hey stranger! i'm doing great actually! turned down short term profitable things that i wasn't truly passionate about and it paid dividends both in my mental / emotional well-being and also financially/professionally. i also recommend listening to "Naval" on youtube. One of his video is "you'll never get rich by renting out your time". I agree with this having worked at a prestigious investment bank. the rest is up to you.
Its still a population worth reviewing considering it's more of a controlled environment there. Which in turn would presumably help to promote more people with grit. Yeah, it doesn't represent a realistic population but offers data that can help review grit through a more controlled variable with less outliers and inconsistencies.
