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The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

1459 | Angela Duckworth: “How Long Can You Wait?”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness, Education

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Angela Duckworth, author of Grit, takes the QOD stage to reveal the science of self control, delayed gratification, and planning ahead. 

Source: Angela Duckworth at the 2014 STC Forum in Harlem
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0:00.0

Yo today's QOD is how long can you wait here we go

0:31.0

Welcome back to the Quotet de Day show I'm your host Sean Crox and a Sean Crox and comm we got Angela Duckworth on the show today

0:38.2

She is the author of a fantastic book that I highly recommend called grit I go out there by it right now

0:45.0

I'm gonna leave a link in the description for this episode and you know, let me tell you something

0:49.6

I did something recently I

0:52.8

Turned my closet into my office

0:56.2

So I have a walking closet. I put a nice desk in here a nice lamp some sound proofing for the podcast

1:03.6

So everything I need is in my closet and you might think that's kind of weird because you know

1:10.3

It's I have like a regular office with books and a really nice desk and it's pretty awesome to be honest

1:16.2

But here's the thing let me tell you I

1:19.2

Get so much more work done in my closet

1:22.8

Now why like why do I get more work done on my closet because there's no distractions at all

1:29.4

I get my regular office. There's books, you know within my line of sight

1:34.6

There's a TV on the other side of the wall. There is a pool table

1:37.8

I can see the kitchen. There's food in there, right?

1:41.4

Sometimes I just like to walk around the front room. I can get very easily

1:45.4

Distracted but in my closet. It's just me my shoes and my clothes and my work

1:51.7

The phone does not come into the closet the phone right now is in the kitchen

1:57.0

And so what she's gonna talk about today is self-control and the reason why I've been really studying self-control

2:04.5

lately is because

2:06.1

You know, I work with coaches and entrepreneurs help them become more successful in their businesses

2:11.3

However, one of the most important things that an entrepreneur needs to have because an entrepreneur is usually working for themselves

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