Intelligence or determination…which would you choose to have more of? More intelligence may just make you more of a “brilliant slacker”. More determination could be the missing ingredient to make things happen in your life and career even when the cards don’t fall in your favor.
You've run across the guy in the corner office, or the gal with the lofty title and wondered "what did they do to get there?" Intelligence? Work longer hours? Married the boss’s daughter or maybe better at puckering up than you are?
Maybe…it’s good ole’ fashion grit. Sticktoitiveness or downright determination. Granted, there are people who happened to be in the right place at the right time or leveraged relationships to get where they are but I'd bet if you look around you there are many people who are where they are because of dogged determination. Determination that’s been there all of their career.
Angela Lee Duckworth, PhD, who studied at Harvard, Oxford and is now a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania conducted a study on grit as an ingredient in success and a differentiator in achievement.
Read about the study here:
www.apa.org/monitor/nov07/grit.aspx
You can test your grit here. Look for "Grit Survey":
www.authentichappiness.org
Got Grit? Post it! I scored 4 out of 5 and was in the 90% percentile in all areas. The study is easy to cheat but answer honestly if you want to understand your true grit score.
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