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Developing Grit

  • June 28, 2016
  • by Kathy Coatney
  • Exercise and Diet, Health and Nutrition, Lifestyle, Promo & Contests, Writing Life
If you’ve been following my blog you’ll know I’ve been on a grit kick. I first got tuned into grit after listening to the Freakonomics Radio podcast about grit and reading Angela Duckworth’s book, Grit, the Power of Passion and Perseverance. From this podcast I discovered how gritty people become great in anything from spelling bees to athletics. What Duckworth discovered was, years of hard work and practice are more of a factor than natural talent.

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