{"product_id":"grit-by-angela-duckworth","title":"Grit by Angela Duckworth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003eIn this instant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003ebestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;\"\u003ePeople\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela Duckworth is now a celebrated researcher and professor. It was her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience that led to her hypothesis about what really drives success: not genius, but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003eGrit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e, she takes us into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers—from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Duckworth’s ideas about the cultivation of tenacity have clearly changed some lives for the better” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e). Among \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003eGrit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e’s most valuable insights: any effort you make ultimately counts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003etwice \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003etoward your goal; grit can be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003elearned\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e, regardless of IQ or circumstances; when it comes to child-rearing, neither a warm embrace nor high standards will work by themselves; how to trigger lifelong interest; the magic of the Hard Thing Rule; and so much more. Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003eGrit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003e that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e—not talent or luck—makes all the difference. This is “a fascinating tour of the psychological research on success” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--split--\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003eProduct description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-base\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;padding:10px 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"margin-bottom:22px;padding:6px 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eGRIT is a persuasive and fascinating response to the cult of IQ fundamentalism. Duckworth reminds us that it is character and perseverance that set the successful apart. ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eMalcolm Gladwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImpressively fresh and original … GRIT scrubs away preconceptions about how far our potential can take us. And it solves the riddle of how those not likely to succeed in fact do. Buy this, send copies to your friends, and tell the world that there \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein fact, hope. We can \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eall \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edazzle. ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eSusan Cain, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt a time when our collective notion of success has shrunk to the point of being unrecognizable, Angela Duckworth arrives to restore it. With a mix of masterful storytelling and the latest science, she shows that perseverance and passion matter at least as much as talent and intelligence. And far from simply urging us to work harder for the sake of working harder, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eGrit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a truly sane perspective: that true success comes when we devote ourselves to endeavors that give us joy and purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eArianna Huffington, bestselling author of Thrive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will change your life. Fascinating, rigorous, and practical, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eGrit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis destined to be a classic in the literature of success. ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eDan Heath, bestselling co-author of Made to Stick, Switch and Decisive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAngela Duckworth has written a contemporary classic - a clarifying and deeply-researched book in the tradition of Stephen Covey and Carol Dweck. For anyone hoping to work smarter or live better, GRIT is an essential - and perhaps life-changing - read.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eDaniel H. Pink, author of Drive and To Sell is Human\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;padding:6px 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr 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 10 million people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuckworth’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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"a-divider-normal bucketDivider\" style=\"border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:none;line-height:19px;margin-top:0px;clear:left;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#cccccc;height:44px;margin-bottom:-36px;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 1px 18px;padding:0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eASIN ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1785040200\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVermilion (1 January 2017)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e464 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781785040207\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-1785040207\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e250 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19.8 x 12.9 x 2.12 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CGA Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42191618146389,"sku":"9781785040207","price":3390.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9642\/6581\/files\/1918.jpg?v=1772364294","url":"https:\/\/cgabooksonline.com\/products\/grit-by-angela-duckworth","provider":"CGA Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}