Grit: Why Passion and Resilience Are the Secrets to Success – The New York Times Bestseller (Vermilion)

"Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth is a compelling and thought-provoking book that delves into the concept of grit, or the combination of passion and perseverance, and its role in achieving success. Duckworth's research, which draws from both scientific studies and personal anecdotes, is engaging and easy to understand, making the book accessible to readers from all backgrounds. The book is not only informative, but also inspiring, as it provides practical strategies for developing grit and achieving one's goals. Overall, I highly recommend "Grit" to anyone looking to understand the importance of grit in achieving success and improving their own lives. I would wholly recommend to anyone especially, parents , teachers and coaches.

This book addresses the common misconception that people’s achievement is constrained by their innate talent. Instead, the author’s research has indicated that perseverance (grit), more than any other factor, is what allows an individual to excel. The section on developing your own grit, or fostering it in others, gives practical and action-based advice.

I loved this book for three reasons. Firstly, its very readable, full of interesting stories and interviews, which made me want to keep reading and reading. Secondly, it provides the academic / research rigor that many books in the self development field are weak on. (In an organised way it sheds light on and adds insight to lots of topics that at some level we kind of know about, but which had until now largely been explained by high achievers only in anecdotal terms). And thirdly, most importantly for me, I have found it genuinely inspiring. Since reading it, in small ways I have found myself to be more gritty in how I do things. For all three reasons I have started sharing the ideas with the people I train and coach. In fact I look forward to sharing Professor Duckworth's ideas in the next conference I present at. If you want to find ways to feel more passionate about what you do, and stick with more resilience to things that are really important to you, then buy this book. And if you're not sure, at least go take 6 minutes to watch Prof Duckworth's TED talk.

I read this on holiday and found it a real page turner. Written in an easy to read style and full of real people and real stories about success as it pertains to grittiness! It certainly hits the nail on the head in promoting positive mental attitude plus major work ethic over simply giftedness or talent. It promotes success through very targeted steps in improvement and not just trying harder in general. The book explores success in the business, sporting, academic and other walks of life, so interesting to all readers. The science is current and up to date. It is inspiring and full of practical tips amongst the theory of success being proposed and evidenced from the studies conducted. If you enjoy reading about human development this is for you. Teachers will definitely find this essential reading. Business people, sports people, or literally anyone wanting to get on in life will find this book hugely engaging. I will be reading it again for sure.

Greatest life advices inside for a professional ... better yet, for everyone

Angela Duckworth has produced a very interesting book here, but unfortunately the writing leaves a bit to be desired. The problem that I had with this piece of work is that while it contains some novel and intriguing concepts and arguments, everything feels jumbled and incoherent. She tends to ramble and digress too much. More discipline needed to be applied to each chapter so that her ideas could be presented with more clarity and structure. Her central argument that grit is the most important human trait in achieving success is a compelling one, but the way everything was presented was, for me, a bit shoddy. For instance, what does the word "grit" actually mean to this writer? Is it just working hard? Is it getting up after being knocked down by failure? Or is it fighting on to see something through to the end? Angela Duckworth never actually defines what she believes grit to really be; she should have done so. I actually don't like the word "grit". I much prefer the word "resilience"; this word is less ambiguous than its four-letter synonym. And for me it's a word I more associate with success. Resilience is the ability to survive and even prosper even when under the most severe pressure. I'm a biography addict. I've read scores of books about successful people. Here are the qualities which I've observed in EVERY successful person: 1. They are workaholics who have spent thousands of hours getting to the top and then spend even more time staying there. 2. They are passionate about their work. 3. They are perfectionists. 4. They are resilient: when they have failed they are able to recover from the setback and not be destroyed by it. 5. They learn from their mistakes, realising that failure is Man's greatest teacher. 6. The are highly ambitious and possess a massive amount of drive. 7. They are single-minded. 8. They are not easily deterred by criticism or even derision. 9. They possess exceptional amounts of self-belief. 10. The are always eager to improve. 11. They relish challenges. 12. They are able to adapt and change when necessary. These are the dozen personality characteristics that are most likely to produce a successful person. I not sure how many of these traits come under Angela Duckworth's definition of grit, but I'm pretty sure they all don't. And that's the problem I have with this book. Just striving alone will not produce results; other strategies are also essential. Very often a higher level of achievement can be reached not by working harder but by working more efficiently and effectively. I recently read two very good books on personal development: "Black Box Thinking" by Matthew Said, and "Mindset" by Carol Dweck. Both of these books presented better arguments about successful personality development - and both were better written. But maybe I'm being too harsh. This book is well worth a read, and it kept me interested from start to finish. I just wish the quality of writing and the presentation were both better.

Really good read and perfect for confidence building

Great motivational book and why sometimes people do not follow through on tasks. Also how to become better at following through and finishing tasks. and how to develop GRIT. Highly recommend.