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Resilience: Angela Duckworth
Hours: 1.00

Dr. Angela Duckworth is a professor and researcher in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She asks what makes the different between having talent and actually succeeding? Across fields of education, the military, sales, sports, and music, Dr. Duckworth identifies the quality of “grit,” made up of perseverance and passion. What makes some achieve, while others equally talented, do not? Dr. Duckworth is the author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.

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  1. Give examples of how grit made the difference in difference paths of life.
  2. Describe the history of identifying grit or resilience as a key factor in success.
  3. Discuss the features of deliberate practice as a method of growth.
  4. Contrast the importance of creativity with grit in predicting achievement.
  5. Describe the value of focus and “stick-to-it-iveness” as opposed to imagining the grass as greener on the other side of the fence.

Angela Duckworth,

Angela Duckworth is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the Founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance the science and practice of character development.

Angela studies grit and self-control, two attributes that are distinct from IQ and yet powerfully predict success and well-being. A 2013 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, Angela has advised the White House, the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, and Fortune 500 CEOs. Currently, she serves as a faculty director for Wharton People Analytics, an initiative that helps organizations adopt the latest insights from social science research.

Prior to her career in research, Angela founded a summer school for low-income children that was profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study and, in 2012, celebrated its twentieth anniversary. She has also been a McKinsey management consultant and a math and science teacher in the public schools of New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Angela completed her undergraduate degree in Advanced Studies Neurobiology at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude. With the support of a Marshall Scholarship, she completed an MSc with Distinction in Neuroscience from Oxford University. She completed her PhD in Psychology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.

Angela has received numerous awards for her contributions to K-12 education, including a Beyond Z Award from the KIPP Foundation. Her first book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, debuted May 3, 2016 as an immediate New York Times bestseller.

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This author has disclosed that there are neither conflicts of interest nor commercial affiliation with this activity.

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