~ Cavett Robert
She states that "We prefer our excellence fully formed. We prefer mystery to mundanity."
Skill x Effort = Achievement
"Talent is how quickly your skills improve when you invest effort. Achievement is what happens when you take your acquired skills and use them." Talent matters, but effort factors in twice.
"It's doing what you love, but not just falling in love - staying in love."
1. Interest
2. Passion
3. Purpose
4. Hope
"Hope is a rising-to-the-occasion kind of perseverance. Hope does not define the last stage of grit. It defines every stage."
1. Set a goal regarding a specific weakness.
2. Seek out challenges and strive to reach the stretch goal.
3. Hungrily seek feedback (and utilize it).
4. Repeat until mastery.
5. Set a new stretch goal.
1. A clearly defines stretch goal
2. Full concentration and effort
3. Immediate and informative feedback
4. Repetition with reflection and refinement
1. Reflect on how the work you're already doing can make a positive contribution to society.
2. Think about how, in small but meaningful ways, you can change your current work to enhance its connection to your core values.
3. Find inspiration in a purposeful role model.
"Whether you think you can, or think you can't - you're right." ~ Henry Ford