42. GRIT - New York Times Bestselling Author Angela Duckworth

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Do you want more grit? Today's guest, Angela Duckworth, is a world-renowned psychologist and author of the New York Times Bestseller GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. She has advised the White House, The World Bank, NFL teams, Fortune 500 CEOs... and now she's going to help YOU get grittier, cast a focused vision, and understand the psychology of high achievers. We recorded this conversation as part of our monthly ONE Thing webinar series. Every month, we feature an incredible author so that you can learn directly from them and ask questions. If you want to sign up for our next FREE monthly webinar, head over to the1thing.com/webinars. The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: If you want more grit, casting a focused vision is the ONE thing that will make everything else easier or unnecessary. We challenge you to articulate your vision and share it with us. In 25 words or less, write down why you are here and what all of this is for. If you want guidance, Angela shares her vision and advice at the 40:35 mark. After you write down a vision, head over to Facebook.com/theONEthingbook and share it with the community. In this episode you will learn... [4:25] How grit will help you on the road to mastery. [9:35] How to teach yourself to be more optimistic, positive, and focused on change using neuroscience data. [21:35] How you can use psychology to help your children develop into high performers and achieve success. [30:10] How you, as a leader, can build a gritty culture. [37:00] Why rituals are habits at a group level (and how great leaders use rituals to set their team up for success). [39:50] The ONE thing that makes everything else easier or unnecessary when it comes to being gritty. [49:20] Why your purpose and passion don't have to be your work. AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU! The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar Check out our awesome blog! [FREE Training] How to Start Time Blocking TODAY! Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more at AngelaDuckworth.com GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck This episode of The ONE Thing Podcast is brought to you by Audible. To sign up for your trial and receive a free copy of Angela's book "GRIT," head to Audible.com/onething now! Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters Mentioned in this episode: Factor 75 Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

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0:00.0	This is the One Thing podcast where we teach you the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.
0:08.0	My name is Jeff Woods. I'm the Vice President here at the One Thing team.
0:13.1	We have an awesome episode for you today.
0:15.8	You are going to meet someone who has written an incredible book.
0:19.7	It's a New York Times bestseller.
0:21.4	This is a book that Gary Keller recommended to his high-level
0:24.9	mastermind that we all read collectively. Jay is a huge fan boy of this woman. The woman
0:30.6	you're going to meet today is a world-renowned psychologist.
0:33.8	She studies grit and success at an extraordinarily high level.
0:37.9	She's advised the White House, the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, Fortune 500 CEOs, the list goes on and on. This was something
0:46.8	that was originally recorded as part of our monthly One Thing webinar
0:50.7	series. Every month we try to feature an incredible author and give you direct exposure to them.
0:56.3	You'll hear at the end of this interview we get into live Q&A where the questions we were asking were driven by you, your feedback. So if you want to find out
1:05.4	who our next upcoming guest is going to be you can go to the one thing
1:08.4	dot com slash webinar and check that out and with that let's get in to our interview today with the author of the New York
1:16.0	Times bestseller Grit Angela Duckworth.
1:21.0	This new podcast from Nova Media is coming soon.
1:27.0	Follow the show to be instantly notified when the first episode premieres. I am so excited to share this. You all know I am an avid learner and I am constantly
1:49.7	looking for the edge I can find through new knowledge and incredible mentors, which is why I absolutely love
1:55.9	Masterclass so much. I've taken the art of negotiation with Chris Voss, which has been instrumental
2:01.0	in my ability to communicate and negotiate at a high level.
2:03.6	I've learned from James Clear on how to leverage small habits to make a big impact,
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