It means working when you don’t know whether you’ll make it or not – but you’re convinced that you must try. It means working when you don’t feel like it. There are times when hope fades and what you’re left with is only willpower and the unflinching desire to make it work – whatever it is. The more hopeful you become, the more likely you are to be gritty.Įven the most hopeful people in the world are faced with despair from time to time. Because of the waypower component, the more skills you develop, the more hopeful you become.
The second is waypower – that is, the skills, talents, time, and treasures to make it happen. The first is willpower – that is, the decision to make things happen (or not happen). The Psychology of Hope explains that hope is created from two components. She’s also cautious to say that you need hope at every stage. Hope as an end stage is the belief that you’ll rise to the occasion – that you’ll overcome. That’s true even if it only seems to matter to you.ĭuckworth describes hope as the last stage – but also a part of every stage. Purpose may be small, like providing for my family – or large, like reducing pollution of the Earth but fundamentally, purpose means that what you’re doing matters. This is the belief that your work matters. Duckworth is careful to say that deliberate practice isn’t any fun. It is the constant drive to become better at one specific, measurable aspect of something, which allows people to become great at what they do. Deliberate practice is essential for becoming the top of your field. Their interest was substantially more diffuse than seems to be suggested.Īfter interest comes the capacity to practice. I’ve seen people develop passions that were sparked initially by their zeal for life and not necessarily archery, serving at a soup kitchen, etc. I don’t think that the genesis must be a specific interest in an activity. From there, a bit of enjoyment will cause us to come back and do more. Our reticular activating system (RAS) flags an experience as interesting. Perhaps it runs out of steam because it requires a degree of hope.ĭuckworth explains that grit starts with interest. So perseverance is the genesis of grit, but perseverance without passion will eventually run out of steam. While passion doesn’t develop until you’ve had a variety of experiences and the opportunity to find the ones which are the most important to you, it’s perseverance that allows you to discover your passion, as it keeps you exploring the world and seeking new experiences. However, the relationship between perseverance and passion is even more complicated than this. Perseverance can only last so long, but the warm fire of a burning passion can reenergize it and create more perseverance. Like willpower, it’s an exhaustible resource that isn’t limitless. Paradoxically, perseverance is itself fragile. It’s perseverance that nurtures the gentle flame until it becomes a solid fire. What fans the flames of passion? Perseverance. Passion, which ultimately can provide great power to someone’s life, starts small. It’s cultivated from a small spark, then a fragile flame. Passion develops after people have been able to experience life and discover what it is that’s truly important to them. So, which comes first? Does passion come first or does perseverance? The answer is both – sort of. It encompasses both passion and perseverance. If you’re looking for a single metric that measures the ability for someone to become successful in life, it might be grit – but, as the title of the book indicates, grit is an aggregate indicator.
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