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b'In Professor Angela Duckworth\\u2019s https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance (TED talk), she says of her research: \\u201cOne characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn\\u2019t social intelligence. It wasn\\u2019t good looks, physical health, and it wasn\\u2019t IQ. It was grit.\\u201d\\nThe effusive blurbs on the book cover go even beyond Professor Duckworth\\u2019s own dramatic pronouncements: Daniel Gilbert, the author of Stumbling on Happiness, says: \\u201cPsychologists have spent decades searching for the secret of success, but Duckworth is the one who has found it\\u2026She not only tells us what it is, but how to get it.\\u201d \\nSusan Cain, author of Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can\\u2019t stop talking (which we\\u2019ve looked at previously in an https://yourparentingmojo.com/introversion/ (episode on supporting your introverted child)) says: \\u201cImpressively fresh and original\\u2026Grit scrubs away preconceptions about how far our potential can take us\\u2026Buy this, send copies to your friends, and tell the world that there is, in fact, hope. We can all dazzle.\\u201d \\nDon\\u2019t we all want to dazzle? Don\\u2019t we all want our children to dazzle? Is grit the thing that will help them do it?\\nIt turns out that Professor Duckworth\\u2019s own research says: perhaps not. Listen in to learn how much grit is a good thing, how to help your child be grittier, and why it might not be the factor that assures their success.\\n \\nOther episodes mentioned in this show\\nhttps://yourparentingmojo.com/introversion/ (How to support your introverted child)\\nhttps://yourparentingmojo.com/selfesteem/ (Why you shouldn\\u2019t bother trying to increase your child\\u2019s self-esteem)\\n\\nReferences\\nCrede, M., Tynan, M.C., and Harms, P.D. (2017). Much ado about grit: A meta-analytic synthesis of the grit literature. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 113(3), 492-511.\\nDel Giudice, M. (2014, October 14). Grit trumps talent and IQ: A story every parent (and educator) should read. National Geographic. Retrieved from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141015-angela-duckworth-success-grit-psychology-self-control-science-nginnovators/\\nDenby, D. (2016, June 21). The limits of \\u201cgrit.\\u201d The New Yorker. Retrieved from https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-limits-of-grit\\nDuckworth, A.L., Peterson, C., Matthews, M.D., and Kelly, D.R. (2007). Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 92(6), 1087-1101. Full article available at https://www.ronaldreaganhs.org/cms/lib7/WI01001304/Centricity/Domain/187/Grit%20JPSP.pdf\\nDuckworth, A.L., and Yeager, D.S. (2015). Measurement matters: Assessing personal qualities other than cognitive abilities for educational purposes. Educational Researcher 44(4), 237-251.\\nDuckworth, A.L. (2016). http://amzn.to/2FbPJhw (Grit: The power of passion and perseverance). New York, NY: Scribner. (Affiliate link)\\nEskreis-Winkler, L., Shulman, E.P., Young, V., Tsukayama, E., Brunwasaser, S.M., and Duckworth, A.L. (2016). Using wise interventions to motivate deliberate practice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 111(5), 728-744.\\nFarrington, C.A., Roderick, M., Allensworth, E., Nagoka, J., Keyes, T.S., Johnson, D.W., and Beechum, N.O. (2012). Teaching adolescents to become learners: The role of noncognitive factors in shaping school performance: A critical literature review. The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research. Retrieved from https://consortium.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Noncognitive%20Report.pdf\\nForsyth, D.R., and Kerr, N.A. (1999, August). Are adaptive illusions adaptive? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association,'