The blog will pick a word of the week, to share & explore the selected word. Here’s an expression for the word – grit. Grit is a unique personality trait that combines motivation, perseverance & passion to achieve our most precious goals or aspirations. It helps maintain focus, positivity, tenacity & determination, even when faced with challenges or setbacks. Empowering. Grit is considered even more important than intelligence or talent. Grit builds courage, belief, resilience & strength of character. “The greatest predictor of success is grit. True success comes when we devote ourselves to endeavours that bring us joy, balance, peace & purpose” – Angela Duckworth. Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare!
We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports & child prodigies in music. But, we can underestimate the range of skills that we can learn & how good we can become. We can all improve at improving.
Hidden Potential offers a fresh framework for raising our aspirations & exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights & vivid storytelling that takes us from the classroom to the boardroom, from the playground to outer space. He shares that progress depends less on how hard we work, than on how well we learn & persevere. Growth is not just about the genius we possess, it’s about the resilient character we can develop. Explores how to build grit & motivational structures to realise our highest potential. The real measure of our potential is not the height of the peak that we’ve reached, but how hard & far we’ve climbed to get there. Inspiring.
