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Grit : why passion and resilience are the secrets to success / Angela Duckworth.

By: Duckworth, Angela [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Vermilion, 2017Description: xv, 333 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785040207 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Success | Perseverance (Ethics) | Expectation (Psychology) | Diligence | Psychology | PsychologyDDC classification: 158.1 Summary: Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things? The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a passionate persistence. In other words, grit. MacArthur Genius Award-winning psychologist Angela Duckworth shares fascinating new revelations about who succeeds in life and why. Based on her cutting-edge research, Duckworth shows how many people achieve remarkable things not just by relying on innate natural talent, but by practising what she calls grit.

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Originally published: 2016.

Live Well Collection

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things? The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a passionate persistence. In other words, grit. MacArthur Genius Award-winning psychologist Angela Duckworth shares fascinating new revelations about who succeeds in life and why. Based on her cutting-edge research, Duckworth shows how many people achieve remarkable things not just by relying on innate natural talent, but by practising what she calls grit.

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