TED Talks Daily
Grit: The power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth artwork

Grit: The power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth

TED Talks Daily
10:23
Play episode

Show notes

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More from this show

More
  1. The wiggly wonder of music | Jacob Collier

    Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier has a name for the feeling that moves through a great piece of music: the wiggle. Watch him break down the idea into its three parts — melody,…

    12:39
  2. How AI unleashed (not replaced) my creativity | Kelly A. Boesch

    After working for years in film, fashion and graphic design, visual artist Kelly A. Boesch found a new collaborator to work with: AI. She walks through how she uses the technology…

    08:50
  3. How to turn setbacks into success | Amy Shoenthal

    Success rarely happens in a straight line, with setbacks all but guaranteed along the way. What's the best way to recover? Leadership coach Amy Shoenthal lays out the four phases o…

    20:02
  4. Why is it so hard for men to open up? A journalist and an entrepreneur answer | Joshua Johnson and Blake Mycoskie

    Is conversation a lost art, or is it just evolving? Journalist Joshua Johnson and social entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie answer questions on everything from the male loneliness crisis…

    30:06
  5. The gravity-defying future of manufacturing | Schendy Kernizan

    3D printing promised to reinvent how we make things, but it's mostly stuck producing prototypes with a high level of waste. Designer and TED Fellow Schendy Kernizan found a differe…

    26:34
  6. News tells you what happened. Drawing shows you how it felt | George Butler

    What does a war look like when you sit still long enough to draw it? Reportage artist and TED Fellow George Butler sketches the people that the news passes by: a 99-year-old surviv…

    11:21
Now Playing