Angela Lee Duckworth has released her long awaited book that follows up from her stunnng Ted Talk:

Angela has spent all of her academic career investigating what she believes is one of the defining characteristic of successful people. Having just completed the book, I have aimed to pull together the best strategies for building your grit (not not all Angela discusses):

• 1)    Develop a life philosophy or mission statement.
• 2)    Cultivate optimism
• 3)    Embrace a growth mindset.
• 4)    Engage in deliberate practice. It is not just the 10,000 hours, but how you spend them that are key.
• 5)    Practice mindfulness daily. 85% of leaders in their fields do; you should too. 
• 6)  Learn about and follow paradigms of Grit. She gives several examples in the book like:
  • Quarterback Steve Young
  • Coach Pete Carroll
  • Comedian Francesca Martinez

The book opens with the drop outs of westpoint, which she spoke on her Ted talk. She expands on her research there and follows up with Spelling Bees. While familiar grounds, she goes in much deeper with a meander through human achievement research with the likes of Galton, Ericsson, Csikszentmihalyi,