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📘 '''''Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance''''' is a nonfiction book by psychologist Angela Duckworth
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📘 '''Conclusion.'''
== Background & reception ==
🖋️ '''Author & writing'''. Angela Duckworth is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania whose research focuses on grit and self-control. <ref name="UPennPsych">{{cite web |title=Angela Duckworth |url=https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/node/396 |website=University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2013. <ref name="MacArthur2013">{{cite web |title=Angela Duckworth |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2013/angela-duckworth |website=MacArthur Foundation |date=25 September 2013 |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> The academic foundation for the book is her work defining grit and testing it across populations such as West Point cadets and National Spelling Bee contestants. <ref name="Duckworth2007" /> The publisher describes the book as weaving personal narrative with field studies in schools, the military, and competitive settings. <ref name="S&S2016" /> The first edition presents a three-part structure (definition and importance; growing grit from the inside out; growing grit from the outside in) that frames the reportage-plus-science voice. <ref name="MarmotToC2016" /><ref name="Kirkus2016" /> Duckworth also co-founded Character Lab in 2013 to translate research into practice through school-based studies and online “Playbooks.” <ref name="CharacterLabAbout">{{cite web |title=About Character Lab |url=https://characterlab.org/about/ |website=Character Lab |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> Character Lab later announced it would sunset operations in June 2024. <ref name="CharacterLabClose">{{cite web |title=Character Lab — legacy site |url=https://characterlab.org/ |website=Character Lab |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref>
📈 '''Commercial reception'''. ''Publishers Weekly'' reported that ''Grit'' debuted at #2 on its Hardcover Nonfiction list for the week of 16 May 2016. <ref name="PW2016Best" /> Simon & Schuster describes the title as an “instant New York Times bestseller.” <ref name="S&S2016" /> A trade paperback edition followed on 21 August 2018. <ref name="S&S2018">{{cite web |title=Grit (Trade Paperback) |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grit/Angela-Duckworth/9781501111112 |website=Simon & Schuster |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> An audiobook narrated by the author was released by Simon & Schuster Audio. <ref name="MarmotAudio">{{cite web |title=Grit (Audio CD) — bibliographic record |url=https://cmc.marmot.org/Record/.b50866758 |website=Colorado Mountain College (Marmot Library Network) |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref>
👍 '''Praise'''. ''Publishers Weekly'' called the book “an informative and inspiring contribution to the literature of success.” <ref name="PW2016Review" /> ''Kirkus Reviews'' described it as an accessible blend of anecdote and science and “a pleasure to read.” <ref name="Kirkus2016" /> In ''The Washington Post'', Sarah Carr judged it a useful guide for parents and teachers, summarizing its emphasis on interest, practice, purpose, and hope. <ref name="WaPo2016">{{cite news |last=Carr |first=Sarah |title=If you’ve heard the term grit lately, it’s probably because of Angela Duckworth |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-youve-heard-the-term-grit-lately-its-probably-because-of-angela-duckworth/2016/04/27/b5b14f4e-0711-11e6-bdcb-0133da18418d_story.html |work=The Washington Post |date=29 April 2016 |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref>
👎 '''Criticism'''. David Denby in ''The New Yorker'' argued that ''Grit'' overstates a single trait and can neglect structural factors such as poverty and opportunity. <ref name="NewYorker2016">{{cite news |last=Denby |first=David |title=The Limits of “Grit” |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-limits-of-grit |work=The New Yorker |date=21 June 2016 |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> Jerry Useem in ''The Atlantic'' highlighted downsides of dogged persistence and cautioned against elevating grit above other skills. <ref name="Atlantic2016">{{cite news |last=Useem |first=Jerry |title=Is Grit Overrated? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/is-grit-overrated/476397/ |work=The Atlantic |date=May 2016 |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> A 2017 meta-analysis questioned grit’s distinctiveness from conscientiousness and found modest links to performance outcomes. <ref name="Crede2017">{{cite journal |last=Credé |first=Marcus |author2=Tynan, Michael C. |author3=Harms, Peter D. |date=2017 |title=Much ado about grit: A meta-analytic synthesis of the grit literature |journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |volume=113 |issue=3 |pages=492–511 |doi=10.1037/pspp0000102 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27845531/ |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> The Harvard Graduate School of Education also summarized concerns that a grit focus can “blame the victim” by downplaying systemic barriers. <ref name="HGSE2015">{{cite web |title=The Problem With Grit |url=https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/15/04/problem-grit |website=Harvard Graduate School of Education |date=8 April 2015 |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref>
🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. Duckworth’s 2013 TED Talk, “Grit: the power of passion and perseverance,” has been widely viewed and helped popularize the concept beyond academia. <ref name="TEDEdTalk">{{cite web |title=Grit: the power of passion and perseverance — TED-Ed lesson |url=https://ed.ted.com/lessons/grit-the-power-of-passion-and-perseverance-angela-lee-duckworth |website=TED-Ed |date=9 May 2013 |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> KIPP’s Character Growth Card incorporated “grit” among seven character strengths used for feedback in schools. <ref name="KIPP2011">{{cite web |title=KIPP NYC’s Approach to Character — Q&A |url=https://www.kipp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/QnA_on_KIPP_NYCs_Approach_to_Character.pdf |website=KIPP |date=2012 |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> In research settings, noncognitive attributes including grit have predicted completion of intensive initiation training and four-year graduation among West Point cadets. <ref name="PNAS2019">{{cite journal |last=Duckworth |first=Angela L. |author2=Quirk, A. |author3=Gallop, R. |author4=Hoyle, R. H. |author5=Kelly, D. R. |author6=Matthews, M. D. |date=2019 |title=Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=116 |issue=47 |pages=23499–23504 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1910510116 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31685624/ |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> At the same time, large U.S. districts (the CORE network in California) pursued SEL measurement focusing on constructs such as growth mindset, self-efficacy, self-management, and social awareness rather than grading “grit,” reflecting cautions Duckworth herself has voiced about high-stakes use. <ref name="EdPolicyCORE">{{cite web |title=Measures of SEL and School Climate in California |url=https://edpolicyinca.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/a_allbright-may2020.pdf |website=Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) |date=May 2020 |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="HGSE2015" />
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