Rather than try to resist temptation in the moment, many successful people arrange their lives to minimize the need for ...

In a new podcast, Angela Duckworth, author of the 2016 bestseller Grit, explains why, two years into the pandemic, even the grittiest people are quitting, stepping down, or scaling back. In the audio ...

If you’re not familiar with Duckworth, she’s a University of Pennsylvania psychologist, leading researcher of resilience, and author of the best-selling book Grit. If anyone knows how to raise kids ...

Many years ago, long before the concept of grit had been developed by Angela Duckworth,[i] I was training for a marathon with my friend and colleague, Dr. Bruce Harger. At the time, I was on the ...

Angela Duckworth is Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the Founder and Scientific Director of the Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance the science and ...

At Bates’ 159th Commencement on Sunday, May 25, Commencement speaker Angela Duckworth began her address with one simple request to members of the audience: to take out their phones and hand them to ...

After years of studying high achievers across diverse fields, top psychologist Angela Duckworth has identified what she calls the most reliable predictor of success—and it challenges conventional ...