Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

　　成功需要有什麼條件？心理學家Angela Duckworth在本書中告訴父母、學生、教育工作者、運動員及商業人士，成功的要訣不在於天份，而是熱情與毅力加總在一起所混合出，Duckworth稱之為「膽量」的武器。

　　在她自己震撼人心的故事中，身為科學家的女兒，Duckworth卻總是發現自己不是天才，但這也讓她領悟真正的成功，所需的條件其實是「膽量」。

　　在《Grit》書中，Duckworth帶讀者到西點軍校現場，看學員們如何面對第一天的掙扎、一些教師在最棘手的學校裡如何工作、年輕選手在全國拼字比賽裡如何爭奪冠軍。Duckworth還分析成功的歷史經驗如何應用在現代生活，並分享她從數十個成就非凡的人士訪談中獲得的收穫，包括摩根大通CEO傑米．戴蒙、紐約客漫畫編輯鮑伯．曼可夫、西雅圖海鷹隊教練彼特．凱洛的寶貴經驗。

　　Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things? The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a passionate persistence. In other words, grit.

　　MacArthur Genius Award-winning psychologist Angela Duckworth shares fascinating new revelations about who succeeds in life and why. Based on her cutting-edge research, Duckworth shows how many people achieve remarkable things not just by relying on innate natural talent, but by practising what she calls grit. She then offers a Grit Formula to help anyone to become more gritty, focusing on six key factors: hope, effort, precision, passion, ritual and prioritisation. She reveals:

　　- Why people who test high for talent often fail to achieve their potential, and why people who do not test high for talent often "overachieve" what others expect them to do
　　- How grit can be learned, whatever your IQ or circumstances
　　- Why stubbornness is a key characteristic of gritty people
　　- When to be stubborn and when giving up is the grittiest thing you can do
　　- How gritty people found their passion, and you can find yours
　　- How gritty experts practise, and how you can do the same in your own life
　　- What the people who care about you can do to boost your grit when you need it most
　　- How grit is cultivated in the highest-performing sports teams, companies and schools

　　Leaping past clichés such as 'success is all about hard work', Grit offers a fresh and motivating way to climb to heights far beyond what natural talent would predict.

作者簡介

　　Dr Angela Duckworth is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow and an associate professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an expert in non-IQ competencies, including grit and self-control. A highly sought-after international speaker, her TED talk on grit has been viewed by over 6 million people. Duckworth's hypothesis that the real guarantor of success may not be inborn talent but a special blend of resilience and single-mindedness grew out of her upbringing: as a child her scientist father lovingly bemoaned the fact his daughter was 'no genius'. Duckworth was determined to prove him wrong and spent her youth smashing through every academic barrier. As an adult she became focused on proving her theory and to find out if grit can be learned or cultivated. It was out of this that she created her own Character Lab at the University of Pennsylvania.