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Angela Lee Duckworth (born 1970) is an American academic, psychologist, and popular science author. She is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies grit and self-control. She is also the Founder and former CEO of Character Lab, a not-for-profit whose mission is to advance the science and practice of character development. Life Duckworth was born in 1970 to Chinese immigrants. Her father Ying Kao Lee (1933-2020) was a chemist with DuPont and invented Lucite dispersion lacquer. She grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and graduated from Cherry Hill High School East. Duckworth earned a B.A. in Neurobiology at Harvard College in 1992. She then graduated from the University of Oxford in 1996 with an M.Sc. in neuroscience on a Marshall Scholarship, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 with a Ph.D. in psychology. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2013. After obtaining a master's degree, Duckworth was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. She quit about a year later to become a math teacher at Lowell High School (San Francisco). Duckworth's first book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, was released in May 2016. It stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for 21 weeks. A review of the book in The New York Times called Duckworth "the psychologist who has made 'grit' the reigning buzzword in education-policy circles." Duckworth is currently the co-host of the podcast No Stupid Questions on the Freakonomics Radio network. Grit Duckworth is best known for her research on grit, a strength she defines as passion and perseverance for long-term goals. She developed the Grit Scale, a measure of this construct. Duckworth has found grit to be a common factor among the high-achievers she has studied. Her work suggests that grit is unrelated to IQ but is closely related to conscientiousness. Grit has been studied across the lifespan, but Duckworth focuses primarily on how building grit can help adolescents. This falls under the umbrella of character education and the movement to expand school instruction beyond solely cognitive factors. Since the introduction of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015, there has been a growing call for effective ways to measure character strengths. However, Duckworth herself has encouraged caution when applying and, especially, testing character in classrooms. One reason is that existing measures were designed for scientific purposes, and so as yet there are no reliable ways to measure grit in high-stakes situations, like college admissions or job applications. Some claim that focusing on grit would lead to the neglect of other important factors, like the positive socio-economic prerequisites necessary to deploy it. Duckworth has acknowledged the importance of environmental factors, saying that it's not that one matters more than the other but rather that they both matter: "The question is not whether we should concern ourselves with grit or structural barriers to achievement. In the most profound sense, both are important, and more than that, they are intertwined." Grit has had its share of critics. A 2017 meta-analysis found that "grit is only moderately correlated with performance and retention," and that it had not been adequately distinguished from several previously studied constructs, including conscientiousness, persistence, and industriousness. In a 2021 article, Duckworth acknowledged that she had misinterpreted the psychometric properties of her Grit scale. References External links angeladuckworth.com, personal Website Angela Duckworth faculty page at University of Pennsylvania Angela Duckworth at TED No Stupid Question, co-host Character lab, founder. Discover the Angela Duckworth popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Angela Duckworth books.
Best Seller Angela Duckworth Books of 2024
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Cultures of Growth
Mary C. MurphyAwardwinning social psychologist Mary Murphy offers a groundbreaking reconsideration of individual and team successshowing how to create and sustain a growth mindset in any organiz...
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Right Kind of Wrong
Amy C. EdmondsonWinner of the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023 A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2023A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship wi...
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Your Next Five Moves
Patrick Bet-DavidFrom the creator of Valuetainment, the #1 YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” (Ray Dalio, author of Principles) in business today, comes a pr...
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Summary of Grit
InstareadSummary of Grit by Angela Duckworth | Includes Analysis Preview: In Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth discusses her research into the characteris...
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Soulbbatical
Shelley PaxtonPart memoir, part manifesto, Soulbbatical is an invitation to become Chief Soul Officer of your own lifeand to open up a whole new world of possibility.“An honest, emotionally gutw...
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Raising Children Who Think for Themselves
Elisa Medhus M.D.Raising Children Who Think for Themselves offers a new approach to parenting that has the power to reverse the trend of external direction in our children and help parents bring up...
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Uncertain
Arie KruglanskiTO ACHIEVE THE EXTRAORDINARY, FIRST EMBRACE THE UNKNOWN . . .Discover the definitive guide to our fear of uncertainty, and how we can stop it from holding us back'Groundbreaking' M...
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How to Be an Overnight Success
Maria HatzistefanisHard won advice practical business advice from the hugely successful entrepreneur and founder of the Rodial skincare, Maria Hatzistefanis with plenty of advice, tips and practica...
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A Joosr Guide to... Grit by Angela Duckworth
JoosrIn today's fastpaced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling nonfiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whe...
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Sport Inc.
Ed WarnerWhy would someone pull the plug on a Premier League match? What prompts an athlete to search for sponsorship on eBay?How can the decision of a drinks brand CEO make or break an ent...
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Hearts Touched with Fire
David GergenThis instant New York Times bestseller is an “inspiring and useful” (The Washington Post) guide to the art of leadership from David Gergenformer White House adviser to four US pres...
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Radical Simplicity
Ken AllenThe key to rising to the top of your company lies in a simple message and philosophy. The ultimate inspirational story for ambitious innovators, marketdisruptors, and global busine...
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Grit
Angela DuckworthIn this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passio...
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Treating People Well
Lea Berman & Jeremy BernardTwo White House Social Secretaries offer “an essential guide for getting along and getting ahead in our world today…by treating others with civility and respect. Full of life lesso...
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The Good Life
Robert Waldinger & Marc SchulzA New York Times BestsellerWhat makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their “captivating” (The Wall Street Journal) book, the directors of the Harvard Study of...
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10 to 25
David YeagerAcclaimed developmental psychologist David Yeager reveals the new science of motivating young people ages ten through twentyfive in this groundbreaking book that is a mustread for ...
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Change the Way You See Everything through Asset-Based Thinking
Hank Wasiak & Kathryn D. CramerThis brilliantly simple book on the philosophy known as AssetBased Thinking, instills successoriented habits in even the most diehard cynic. Its transformational lessonsconveyed th...
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How Confidence Works
Ian RobertsonConfidence makes your brain work better and boosts your performance Confidence acts like a miniantidepressant, lifting your mood Confidence is contagious Confidence is anxiety's g...
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Getting to Sorry
Marjorie Ingall & Susan McCarthy“A witty, useful guide” (People) to apologies, why they matter, and the healing power of saying you’re sorry, from the dynamic duo behind the acclaimed SorryWatch site.It’s a truth...
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Winning Plays
Matt MayberryNo one goes undefeated when playing the game of life. Matt Mayberry is no exception. He's faced setbacks beyond his control and lots more he created himself. But even after conquer...
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How to Live Your Best Life
Maria HatzistefanisIt's time to reset, adjust and take the power back.Having spent over 20 years building her hugely successful beauty empire, Maria Hatzistefanis managed to achieve all her childhood...
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Before You Know It
John BarghDr. John Bargh, the world’s leading expert on the unconscious mind, presents a “brilliant and convincing book” (Malcolm Gladwell) cited as an outstanding read of 2017 by Business I...
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50 Success Classics
Tom Butler-BowdonDiscover the alltime classic books that have helped millions of people achieve success in their work and personal lives.
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High Conflict
Amanda RipleyWhen we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”in our politics, at work, or at homeit’s because we aren’t seeing how the conflict itself has taken over.That’s what “high co...
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Be Fearless
Jean CaseBe Fearless is researchedbased call to action for those seeking to live extraordinary lives and bring about transformational change.LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLE...
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Persuade in a Minute
Tony WrightonWANT TO BE MORE PERSUASIVE AND CHARISMATIC?INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW TO DELIVER A MESSAGE UNDER THE RADAR?These superquick, easy and effective persuasion techniques will get peopl...
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Activate Your Greatness
Alex ToussaintAlex Toussaint, the Peloton star who counts everyone from Roger Federer and the Golden State Warriors to the Today Show’s Carson Daly as fans, hops off the bike and gives readers t...
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The Asset Mindset
Daniel FieldingAn inspiring personal development book that “can change your life” (Pete Hegseth, New York Times bestselling author and cohost of Fox & Friends) and help you obtain elite level...
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Forged in Crisis
Nancy KoehnA WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER“Five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history…a gripping read on a timeless and timely topic” Angela Duckworth, ...
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Physical Intelligence
Claire Dale & Patricia PeytonWinner of the Business Book Award (Personal Development) 2020 "Using our Physical Intelligence we can strengthen our cognitive function and alter our mood, emotional responses, str...
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Little Wins
Paul Lindley'Read on, and rediscover how to live a fuller and more successful life' SIR RICHARD BRANSON, from the forewordThere are some 400 million people worldwide whose creativity, imaginat...
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Stronger
Gareth ThomasYou’re not born with resilience but you can find it on the journey with hard work, belief and the help of those around you.Gareth Thomas has learned to push on even when everything...
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The Values Compass
Mandeep RaiWinner of a 2020 Nautilus Book Award An International Bestseller“The Values Compass takes us into the hearts, minds, and traditions of the cultures and people of the world. It dem...
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How to Change
Katy MilkmanWall Street Journal bestseller“A welcome revelation.” The Financial TimesAwardwinning Wharton Professor and Choiceology podcast host Katy Milkman has devoted her career to the stud...
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The Perfection Trap
Thomas Curran“Offers a hopeful beacon and a steady path for anyone struggling to find their footing in a world of impossible standards.” Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of ...
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Intrinsic
Sharath JeevanAN INSPIRATIONAL MANIFESTO FOR REIGNITING OUR PASSION FOR LIFE AND OUR INNER DRIVE FROM SHARATH JEEVAN, A LEADING EXPERT ON MOTIVATION.'An essential guide for rediscovering our mot...