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What makes you great at something?

Do you know?

You know like that soccer player worthy of competing in the Olympics or to bring it closer to home in my case

A writer who can win a national magazine award some would say the answer is simple. Talent. Some people are just

born smarter or more athletic than others. But today's guest has a very

different theory. Angela Duckworth won a MacArthur Genius grant for her academic work, advancing the notion

that perseverance matters more than intellect or personality when it comes to high achievement.

She calls this trait grit.

It's also the name of her book.

Last month, Angela and I had a conversation as part of Yex's

excellent, Answer Me This Series.

These talks aren't typically public, but I wanted to share this conversation with you all,

because if you listen to Angela, you'll believe that you too are capable of achieving much more.

Here's Angela.

Grit is this combination of extreme passion and perseverance over really long periods that

characterizes high achievers and I do think we can copy those high achievers and figure out why is it that they are so

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