Fine Structure

Related to our recent discussion about the glorification of zero effort, an article by Jonah Lehrer (quickly becoming one of my favorite science writers) on Grit. A quote from Angela Duckworth, a psychologist at UPenn:

Nobody is talented enough to not have to work hard, and that's what grit allows you to do.

Grit is the willingness for someone to work through failures and see a project to completion. I would simply call it persistence but grit has a certain connotation of success. The article is so right up our alley that it even mentions fixed and growth mindsets! A highly suggested read.