I love podcasts. I have been stumbling on some wonderful episode directly related to the concept of Strengthsmining. Today, I share a few dealing with perseverance. Identified as one of 24 character strengths, I don’t anyone questions the value of sticking to something. Angela Lee Duckworth quantified this in her work on Grit. With the release of her book, she has shown up on several podcasts like The Art of Charm. She covers

• Why we shouldn’t label others as talented.
• Why our potential is one thing — and what we do with it is another.
• How to focus on high-level goals.
• When to give up — and when to be stubborn.
• How to grow our grit and perseverance.
• And so much more…

And The Mastery Podcast, she covers

• The value of process vs. outcome
• How she first came to value grit
• Her definition of grit
• Impact of self-control on grit
• The differences between achievement and mastery
• Sunk-cost fallacy
• Setting a goal at the right level
• Is passion or perseverance harder?
• The 3 kinds of character that are most important

And Freakanomics Radio

Scott Barry Kaufman interviews Caroline Miller on her New Book, Getting Grit. Caroline’s work feels more actionable than Angela’s as you hear this podcast.

Grit is not without some controversy: NPR highlighted some on The Hidden Brain in an episode called “The Power And Problem Of Grit”

But other research has also pointed to a potential downside to grit. Like stubborness, too much grit can keep us sticking to goals, ideas, or relationships that should be abandoned. Psychologist Gale Lucas and her colleagues found in one experiment that gritty individuals will persist in trying to solve unsolvable puzzles at a financial cost. And that’s a limitation of grit: it doesn’t give you insight into when it will help you prevail and when it will keep you stuck in a dead-end.