MBA849 Must Read: Grit by Angela Duckworth

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2016

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Welcome to another Monday, and another fantastic must-read book for the entrepreneur! This week's review is of Grit by Angela Duckworth. A lot of buzz has surrounded the release of this one, and for good reason. It's an eye-opening look at the value of consistency and perseverance, but it's no simple motivational speech.

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0:00.0	Heyo! Welcome to the 100-hour MBA show! We're making you better at business is our business every single day
0:16.0	with our daily 10-minute business lessons for the real world.
0:19.0	I'm your host, your coach, your teacher Omar's at home.
0:23.5	I'm also the co-founder of the $100 MBA,
0:26.6	a complete business training and community online
0:29.3	over at 100 MBA.net.
0:32.3	And today's episode is a must read episode. In our must read episodes I share with
0:37.2	you a book that has greatly influenced me as an entrepreneur or share with you
0:41.2	its insights and why you should read it too.
0:43.6	Today's must read is Grit by Angela Duckworth.
0:46.7	I heard a lot about this book before I read it.
0:49.6	There was a lot of buzz around this book this year. In fact it was named one of the hottest books on
0:54.9	Amazon by Amazon in 2016. The subtitle of grit is The Power of Passion and and perseverance.
1:03.1	And this book covers some really interesting topics to entrepreneurs.
1:07.4	One is what makes you successful in business in life in general?
1:11.5	Is it talent?
1:12.2	Is it intelligence? Is it upbringing? Or is it grit? That motivation
1:16.5	to never give up? The other thing this book really explores is what is grit exactly?
1:22.4	And how do you build grip, as you'll learn in today's episode?
1:25.5	Grit is a huge factor in success.
1:28.7	And you're gonna want some.
1:29.7	There's so much I wanna cover in today's must read,
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