Get Gritty

What is Grit and How to Cultivate it

The perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Sticking with things until you master them. Fail fast, endure, wait out the storm and try again. This is Grit. Obtaining grit is easier said than done – it requires dedication, perseverance, and a long-term outlook where you’re consistently challenging yourself. Grit was coined by Angela Duckworth after conducting empirical research as an elementary school and continued today at Character Lab. Angela encourages her readers to take action, no matter how small so long as it is continuous and consistent in nature. For example, I challenge myself to write 100 words a day, whether for this blog or a personal journal. And when I started this task, it sounded simple, but 100 words off the cuff can be challenging (especially for a blog), but after about a week of forcing myself to write daily, I not only would type 100 words, I found myself writing one-page essays with relative ease. The quality of the writing initially was rough, but over time it slowly began to improve my abilities with consistent practice since I’m not just rambling about something but also want to write engaging and meaningful content for myself and the reader.

How Gritty Are You?

Do you find yourself to be a gritty individual or do you think you might be lacking? Either way, Angela and her team created a quiz where you can find out how gritty you are compared to the rest of the US. You can find it here and be honest in your answers to get the best feedback! I personally scored a 3.5/5 so I have a way to go to be the most courageous loose particle of stone that I can be! If you scored higher than that, that’s great and we would love to hear about some examples! if you didn’t do so hot, that’s okay too! What steps are you taking to improve your score? Do you need help in becoming grittier? If you do, always use your resources, whether it’s us at Noggin Bazaar or someone or something in your local community. Thanks to the Internet, resources are almost limitless.

Share Your Grit Story!

This is my latest example of Grit, but I can draw back on countless other scenarios, whether if it was when I was in college studying or trying to find the best internship or job opportunity for myself at the time. Do you have an example of a time where you had grit or plan on using your grit going forward? If so, share it with us at @NogginBazaar on Twitter or just reply in the comments section below so we can hear about it and help you along your gritty journey. Who knows, maybe we’ll even share some of these awesome stories with Angela!

 

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