Angela Duckworth Returns

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Angela Duckworth (Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance) is a psychologist and author. Angela returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why she doesn’t like to swear, how language has evolved, and the maturity principle. Angela and Dax talk about the multiple selves problem, how most people never change their stance on topics, and how we can trigger our best modes that are most useful for a given situation. Angela explains psychological distance, why uncertainty can cause anxiety, and the protective wall of human community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert, experts on expert. I'm Dan Rather and I'm joined by Monista Mouse.
0:07.0	Hi there.
0:08.0	Hello there, returning guests today, one of my favorites. It's not a coincidence she and Steve and
0:14.7	Dubner work together because they both have just the most explosive conversation
0:18.7	style that makes it so easy for us. So fun. You're right, they're obviously so similar in that way.
0:26.1	Yeah, you just need to say hi and then everything explodes off of that.
0:30.1	True. Angela Duckworth. Angela is an academic, a psychologist, a MacArthur Genius, Grant winner,
0:35.8	and a best-selling author.
0:37.4	Her very famous book, Grit, of course, everyone knows that book.
0:40.8	And she has a podcast called No Stupid Questions. That knows that
0:45.0	she has a podcast called No Stupid Questions. That is everything you'd expect from her.
0:47.0	It's so good. She's so fascinating.
0:49.0	And she's also Adam Grantian that you can start any conversation
0:52.0	and she has some study to reference.
0:54.0	Yes.
0:55.0	Oh, I love her.
0:57.0	Please enjoy Angela Duckworth.
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