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Ultimately, adopting a gritty perspective involves recognizing that people get better at things – they grow.
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…if extracurricular activities are a way of practicing grit, it stands to reason that they’re especially beneficial when we do them for more than a year.
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…following through on our commitments while we grow up both requires grit and, at the same time, builds it.
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…all that energy, drive, and commitment – all that grit – that was developed through athletics can almost always be transferred to something else. – Bill Fitzsimmons
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The drive to fit in – to conform to the group – is powerful indeed.
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Young men and women today just don’t respond to yelling and screaming. – Robert Caslen
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The magic of culture is that one person’s grit can provide a model for others.
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Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.
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Grit… passion and sustained persistence in trying to achieve a goal over the long haul, with no particular concern for rewards or recognition along the way.
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Probably the single most important thing for a leader is to have the drive to win and the grit to keep going. – Chris Lischewski
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