Grit (56 page)
Authors: Angela Duckworth
Teachers.
See also
Education
author’s career as,
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20
,
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,
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59
,
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78
impact of feedback from,
218
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19
optimism in,
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Teach For America (TFA),
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78
,
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TED talks,
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,
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–
35
,
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,
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,
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Templeton, John,
114
Ten-thousand-hour/ten-year-rule,
119
–
20
Terkel, Studs,
151
TFA.
See
Teach For America
Thomas, Earl,
263
Tough love,
211
Trojans, USC,
262
UCLA,
20
United Kingdom,
82
United States Military Academy at West Point,
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7
,
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,
270
.
See also
Beast Barracks
admissions process for,
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culture of,
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,
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dropout rate in,
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,
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Grit Scale administered at,
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10
,
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,
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hazing at,
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59
Whole Candidate Score and,
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9
,
10
University College London,
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University of California, Berkeley,
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University of Houston,
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC),
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58
University of Pennsylvania,
155
,
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,
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,
237
University of Southern California (USC),
262
Values.
See
Core values
Vanguard,
185
Voltaire,
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War for Talent, The
(Michaels, Hanfield-Jones, and Axelrod),
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27
,
29
–
30
“War for Talent, The” (report),
26
Washington, George,
76
Watts, Alan,
155
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale,
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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children,
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West, Kanye,
187
West Point.
See
United States Military Academy at West Point
Wharton School of Business,
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,
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,
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,
191
What the **** Is Normal?!
(Martinez),
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Whole Candidate Score (West Point),
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Willingham, Dan,
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n
Willingham, Warren,
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n
Wilson, Russell,
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Wise (authoritative) parenting,
211
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16
Work
as a calling
(see
Calling)
career changes and,
112
core values in,
166
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67
disengagement in,
98
lack of direction in,
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3
passion for,
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,
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World According to Garp, The
(Irving),
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Wrzesniewski, Amy,
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X Factor, The
(television program),
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Young, LeGrande (“Grit”),
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Young, Mike,
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Young, Steve,
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Zookeepers,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Duckworth, Angela.
Title: Grit : the power of passion and perseverance / Angela Duckworth.
Description: New York : Scribner, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015042880 (print) | LCCN 2015044753 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Success | Perseverance (Ethics) | Expectation (Psychology) | Diligence. | BISAC: PSYCHOLOGY / Personality. | EDUCATION / Professional Development.
Classification: LCC BF637.S8 D693 2016 (print) | LCC BF637.S8 (ebook) | DDC 158.1—dc23
ISBN 978-1-5011-1110-5
ISBN 978-1-5011-1112-9 (ebook)
