That's not a vibe.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Mike Mann and you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, is grit just a souped up version of conscientiousness?

Did you make your bed this morning?

I did not make my bed this morning. wording. Mike, today we are in conversation number two on Big Five Personality Traits and I know you know the acronym acronym so I will let you Mike say

which personality family we are discussing today. The acronym is Ocean of course and

today we are discussing conscientiousness.

Full credit, excellent.

We have this question from a listener named Kylie,

who says in her email that she and I are Soul Sisters, that is not the only reason I chose

this question, but it asks, is grit just a pseudonym for conscientiousness.

And like as you know, I wrote a book on grit,

I study grit, I have been thinking about

this very question for maybe 20 years depending on how you count.

Right. I think the answer in one syllable is no.

Well Angela that was a great conversation.

You're very short, very efficient, just like the question.

Yeah, I do have more to say.

Do you want to hear more?

We can do more.

Well, first of all, we both took the Big Five personality inventory that was on and that still is on the No Stupid

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