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Grit
Qualities
- Determined
- Loyal to plans and success
- Long-term driven
- Persistent/Tenacious
- Giving our complete effort from start to finish
- People with high grit tend to be more optimistic
- People with grit tend to have a Growth Mindset
Benefits
- Helps us stay motivated to do the things that will improve our life, even if such tasks may be boring or not immediately rewarding
- Helps with achieving our goals through effort
- Develops self-control, gratitude, and social intelligence
Cultivation
Personal
Grit-enhancers include:
- Interest
- Practice
- Purpose
- Hope
- Having a strong passion motivates grit
- We develop the capacity for long-term passion and perseverance as we get older
Grit activities include:
- Extracurriculars
- The discipline and energy we had for previous activities can be transferred onto new ones
- Consider having at least one hard thing in your life that requires deliberate practice that you cannot quit until some natural event occurs
Environmental
Culture
- We internalize the norms and values of the groups we are in
Parenting
- Display tough love by having their child independently work through challenges, or one can give them the freedom to do what they want
- There is no trade-off between supportive parenting and demanding parenting
- The way the child interprets the parenting is more important than the style
- Since children imitate their parents, parents should try to display grit
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