Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Author and psychologist Angela Duckworth was featured at Enspire 2016, where she spoke to young entrepreneur educators about the importance of character to success in life. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-founder of the Character Lab. Her TED talk on grit has garnered over nine million views, and her first book, young Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, was published in May 2016.

An expert in non-I.Q. competencies like grit and self-control, Duckworth was awarded a 2013 “Genius” Grant and has advised the White House, the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, and Fortune 500 CEOs. Before her career in research, Duckworth was an award-winning math and science teacher as well as the founder of a summer school in a low-income neighborhood that was profiled as a case study nonprofit by Harvard Kennedy School. She completed her BA in neurobiology at Harvard, her MSc in neuroscience at Oxford, and her PhD in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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