Grit Flashcards
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Grit is a better measure of who will make it through tough trials like Westpointe.
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Talent had no correlation to performance for her math students
Entry Overhang
Galton first said performance is unusual ability, exceptional zeal and a capacity for hard work
People get distracted by talent and when they see someone good at something automatically assume it is due to talent.
The most dazzling human achievements are the aggregate of countless individual elements each of which is in a sense ordinary 
Superlative performance is really a confluence of dozens of small skills or activities. Each one learned or stumbled upon which I’ve been carefully drilled into habit, and that are fitting together in a synthesized hole. 
If we think of great performer as talented, then we feel comfortable and not having to try because we could never achieve the same

Talent x effort = skill
Skill x effort = achievement
Effort counts twice
Grit is more about stamina than intensity
Grit has two components passion and perseverance
Passion intensity does not matter. Passion longevity dies. Think of a compass rather than fireworks that dazzle then fizzle.
Passion is caring about the same ultimate goal every day. Taking one small step forward rather than one yo the side.
In doing some thing over and over again some thing that was never natural becomes almost 2nd nature 
Finding your passion is rarely an aha moment. Passion for your work is a little bit of discovery followed by a lot if development and then a lifetime of deepening.
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Always seek novelty. For the beginner novelty is anything new, for the expert novelty is nuance.
The development is skill goes through several years each of: discovery is f interest, development and deependingnof interest
During the discovery phase children must be encouraged and supported
Deepen interest over the years by asking questions, seeking nuance, finding like minded people and having patience
The way to devolve grit is practice or time on task. But better time on task 20 years of experience not one year of experience 20 times
Kaisen is required. Not negative of dissatisfaction but positive of no matter how good working for better
Anders. Start with a small specific stretch goal. Work ever practice to beat it. Seek feedback on what you did wrong/weaknesses. Practice excessively to lock it in.
Deliberate practice is positive but not fun. Also the alternative of mindlessly going through the motions has its own negatives
Have a routine of practice the same place, same time every day. There is no more miserable human being than the one for whom the beginning of work must be decided every day
Learning and failing without frustration is how all toddlers learn everything
The thre periods of development are interest, practice and meaning or purpose
Purpose
The long days and evenings of toil sit back and disappointments are all worth it because ultimately the efforts pay dividends to other people 
It isn’t suffering that leads to hopelessness. It’s suffering you think you can’t control 
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Follow through is the single greatest indicator of success in life
Follow through purposeful continuous commitment to certain types of activities versus sporadic efforts in diverse areas
Follow through both requires grit and helps build it
He association between Hardwork and reward can be learned. By holding high standards, and not giving unearned praise. 
The Hard Rule
1-you have to pick a hard thing for yourself
2-you have to work at it every day
3-you can quit, but only after doing it for a full season 

The hard way to get grit is by yourself. The easy way is is to use conformity to a team of people that are driven.
The way we do things around here and why become the way I do things and why.

If you create a vision for yourself and stick with it, you can make amazing things happen in your life. It is discipline an effort to maintain that vision to make it all come true.
Remember to lead, is the first lead from the front by example and second to have most respect for the person you are leading
