SHORT DEFINITION FOR GRIT:
Sustained effort over time that is linked to a goal.
Sustained effort over time that is linked to a goal.
THE “RECIPE” FOR GRIT:
1
part = Have a Goal: Get fired up about something!
2
parts = Perseverance: Stay true to your goal through
self-doubt, challenges and the indifference of others
2
parts = Diligence: Do the work, keep it up, make it happen!
GRIT
IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN:
Someday
and TODAY
I
want to and I AM
Giving
up and SHOWING UP
BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS FOR GRIT:
- I have a goal and am completing actions to reach my goal
- I stay focused on a goal until I achieve it
- I am able to learn from and then let go of mistakes
- My self-talk is usually positive
- I don't give up when I am faced with an obstacle to one of my goals
- I have learned the difference between a fixed and a growth mindset
- I keep trying until I get it right
- I am passionate about reaching my goals
- I know my responsibilities and I get them accomplished
"TED Talk" - GRIT - by AngelaDuckworth (click to view)
Full article
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Passionate people lead significantly different lives
from their less-than-enthusiastic counterparts. Here are 10 things that
passionate people do differently and the good and bad that comes of it.
1. Start
their days early.
It's
not that passionate people don't enjoy sleeping – they do. It's just that once
they're up, they get excited about the work ahead of them. Even if the
particular project or tasks they will be working on may not excite them, their
future aspirations and the passion they have for what they do drives them to get out of bed rather quickly. Passionate people
are all about doing and you can't do much if you spend half the day sleeping.
2. Always have their passions on their
mind.
They're basically obsessed – hopefully in a healthy
manner. Healthy passions are healthy
obsessions. You can't keep your mind from returning to the topic and can't help
but get excited by those thoughts. Passionate people live in a world in which
the few things that matter to them in life basically involve the passions they
love.
3. Get
excited more than the average person.
Passionate
individuals may not always feel excited – no one is excited all the time – but
when they get excited, they get excited more fully, for a longer duration and,
overall, more frequently. It's because they have more in their lives to get excited about. They devote their time to usually one or two things
and therefore make more progress than those who split their time amongst many
things. The momentum keeps them excited.
4. Get
pissed off and emotional more than the average person.
Just
as the passionate get excited, they also can come off as very moody. They go
from happy and excited to pissed off and miserable. Because they are
passionate, they are much more emotionally connected to whatever
it is they are doing – so when things go
well, the world is a beautiful place, but when things go awry, sh*t gets real
very quickly.
5. Willing
to risk more and put more on the line.
If
you're passionate, you have a clear understanding of what your purpose in life
is – if only your purpose for that very moment. For this reason, you give much
less importance to other things. Therefore you're willing to risk more for the
thing(s) that you find most important, that you are most passionate about.
Those that are passionate are much more willing to give up things that don't fall in
their scope of passion.
6. Devote
their lives to their dreams.
Life
is filled with things worth doing and things not worth doing. That which we are
most passionate about is what we believe to be worthwhile, everything else seems
to be wasteful and lacking. Passionate individuals gradually gravitate towards
their passions and away from the rest that life has to offer. They know what will
make them happy and are willing to
ignore the rest.
7. Surround
themselves with their work.
People
say that it isn't good to bring work home. However, for the most passionate, work is home. It's not possible for these individuals not to bring
their work home because their work is in them and reflects in everything they have and do. But it
doesn't feel like work to them. It feels like life.
8. Can't
help but talk about their projects.
They
know that you probably don't want to hear about it because you hear about it
all the time, but they don't really want to talk about much else. And even if they
do, their conversations almost always steer back to their passions. They can't help it
because they don't see their passions as separate from themselves; they are
their passions.
9. Tend to
either be pushing ahead full throttle or are completely still.
Passionate
people aren't always the best at balancing their lives. They get overly excited
and push themselves to their limits. They love working and love moving forward
quickly. But they eventually do run out of steam and crash. Only the seasoned and wise
passionate individuals have learned to balance havoc and calm in a healthy
manner.
10. Always
think positively about the future.
Their minds are always looking ahead, looking at what
can be instead of what is. This has its good
sides and bad, but nevertheless, they are always thinking about their next
move. The one
great outcome is that they always have something to look forward to and are
excited to make it happen. As long as they
remember to hang around in the present from time to time, they don't run into
too much trouble.
FURTHER READING:
Book Link - Amazon.com: "Mindset" by Carol S. Dweck
FURTHER READING:
Book Link - Amazon.com: "Mindset" by Carol S. Dweck
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