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Developing Grit In Our Students
14 Fall, 2014 Journal for Leadership and InstructionIntroductionWhy do most individuals make use of only a smallpercentage of their resources, whereas a few exceptionalindividuals push themselves to their limits? Why do someindividuals accomplish more than others of equal intelli-gence? One personal quality that is shared by most highachieving and successful people is grit. Grit may be thequality that sets these highly successful individuals apartfrom everyone else (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews &Kelly, 2007).There has been a lot of talk recently about gritand how to develop it within our Students . Grit is the qual-ity that enables individuals to work hard and stick to theirlong-term passions and goals.
Grit V ersus T alent At one time or another, we all have been im-pressed by an athlete, a student or a musician whom we would label as "talented." Talent, however, is only part of the picture. In his book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell talks about the 10,000 hours of practice required to excel at a particular skill. "I believe ability can get you ...
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