Writing style
Conversational · Direct · Journalistic
Apple BooksGrit
Self-help
- First published
- 2016
- Print length
- 333 pagesScribner, 2016
Description
Why do some people sustain demanding goals while others with equal ability fall away? Angela Duckworth argues that exceptional achievement depends less on innate talent than on grit, her term for the union of enduring passion and persistent effort. Drawing on psychological research and examples from education, athletics, and professional life, she examines how interest develops, why deliberate practice matters, and how purpose and hope support long commitments. The book also considers how parents, teachers, coaches, and organizations can encourage perseverance without treating success as a fixed gift. Its central distinction is between momentary intensity and durable direction: achievement grows from returning to meaningful work through boredom, frustration, and failure over years.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Moderate
Tone
Cerebral · Earnest · Hopeful
Structure
Argumentative
Focus
Argument · Ideas · Information
Emotional intensity
2 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 3 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781501111105
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