Grit (51 page)

Chua, Amy,
106

Cider House Rules, The
(film),
44

Cinnabon bakery chain,
163
,
164

Clarkson, Kelly,
187

Clinton, Bill,
35
–
36

Clinton, Hillary,
35
–
36

Close, Kerry,
125
–
26
,
137

Coady, Chantal,
96

Coates, Ta-Nehisi,
275
–
76

Cobden, Richard,
76

Cognitive behavioral therapy,
176
, 193,
310
n

Cohen, Geoff,
218
–
19

Cole, Kat,
163
–
65

Coleman, Cody,
220
–
22

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,
76

College education,
11
,
230
–
32

Columbia University,
226
,
257

Communication,
253
,
256

Community colleges,
11

Compass metaphor,
60
,
63
, 67,
90

Competition,
262
–
63
,
265
–
66

Competition Wednesdays,
262

Copernicus, Nicolaus,
75

Corresponsive principle,
233
–
34
, 246

Cost-benefit analysis,
248
,
250

Côté, Jean,
107
–
8

Cox, Catharine,
74
–
78

Crossword puzzle design,
95
,
108
–
10
,
111
–
12
,
115

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly,
128
–
31

Culture,
243
–
68

categorical allegiance to,
245

defined,
244

generational differences and, 85–
86
,
89

identity and,
247
–
50

organizational,
252
–
58

Cuomo, Mario,
49

Currey, Mason,
139

Daily Rituals
(Currey),
139

Damon, Bill,
162
–
63
,
167

Danton, Georges J.,
76

Darling, Nancy,
213

Darwin, Charles,
20
–
22

Davy O’Brien award,
203

Dear Abby,
193

Deierlein, Tom,
248
–
50
,
260

Deliberate practice,
120
–
42

applying principles of,
123
–
24

author’s experience of,
133
–
35

effortfulness of,
127
–
28

feedback and,
122
–
23
,
132
,
134

flow and,
128
–
32
,
137

getting the most from,
137
–
42

as a habit,
139
–
40

positive experience of,
135
–
37
,
140
–
42

science of,
137
–
39

stretch goal in,
121
–
23

Demanding style of parenting,
201
–
7
,
211

Denver Broncos,
243

Depression,
173
,
174
,
176
,
193

De Sena, Joe,
319
n

Developmental model,
259
–
61

Díaz, Roberto,
121

Dimon, Jamie,
252
–
54
,
256

Divine Fury: A History of Genius
(McMahon),
288
–
89
n

Dogs, experiments on,
171
–
73
,
187

Dorrance, Anson,
254
–
58
,
262

Dorsin, Neil,
286
n

Dropout rates

college,
11
,
230
–
32

West Point,
3
–
4
,
259

Drucker, Peter,
124

Duckworth, Angela

daughter Amanda,
134
,
240
,
241
,
242
,
271

daughter Lucy,
87
–
88
,
134
,
223
,
240
–
41
,
242
,
271

father of,
xiii
–xv,
96
–
97
,
98
,
107
,
159
,
167
,
277

Grit Scale scores of,
57

Hard Thing Rule and,
241
–
42

IQ test scores of,
34

longitudinal study conducted by,
230
–
32

MacArthur Fellowship awarded to,
xiii
–xiv

at McKinsey,
15
,
18
,
27
–
29

mother of,
167

neurobiology class of,
169
–
71

neuroscience degree of,
15

psychology of achievement theory of,
40
–
42

purpose experienced by,
157
–
59

teaching career of,
15
–
20
,
117
,
157
–
59
,
177
–
78

TED talk of,
133
–
35
,
220
,
244

DuPont,
86
,
97
,
245

Durant, Kevin,
121
–
22

Dutton, Jane,
166

Dweck, Carol,
178
–
81
,
183
,
184
,
192

Dyslexia,
15
,
45

“Early years,” 107–
8
,
144

EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) Program,
194

Education.
See also
Teachers

college,
11
,
230
–
32

dropout rates in,
11
,
230
–
32

graduate-level,
11
,
194

KIPP program and,
181
–
83
,
245

talent
vs.
grit in academic success,
15
–
20

Educational Testing Service (ETS),
227

Effort,
34
,
35
–
51

academic success and,
17
–
18

ambivalence toward,
23
–
25

consistency of,
50

deliberate practice and,
127
–
28

KIPP and,
181

musical ability and,
23
–
24

Nietzsche on,
38
–
40

swimming and,
36
–
39

talent and skill interaction with,
42
–
44
,
50
–
51