Grit (54 page)

Meaney, Michael,
296
n

Mega successful people,
96
,
104
,
118

Mentors,
107
,
116
,
194
,
217

MetLife insurance agents,
174
–
75

Microsoft,
230

“Middle years,”
108
,
144

Mill, John Stuart,
75

Milton, John,
76

Milton Hershey School,
190
,
312
n

Mindfulness,
155
–
57

Mindsets.
See
Fixed mindset; Growth mindset

Mistakes, responding to,
141
–
42
,
183

MIT,
220
,
221
–
22

Montana, Joe,
203

Most Valuable Player award,
202

“Mundanity of Excellence, The” (study),
36

Mural Arts Program,
112
,
113

Murat, Joachim,
76

Music,
23
–
24
,
26
,
32
–
33

Myelin,
193

NASA,
104
–
5

“Nasty Nick” (obstacle course),
12

National Book Award,
44

Naturals,
23
–
25
,
31
,
36
,
37
,
51

Nature
,
192

Neglectful parenting,
212

New England Patriots,
61
,
264

Newton, Isaac,
75
,
76

New Yorker
cartoons,
68
,
69
,
71
–
74

New York Times
,
58
,
60
,
70
,
251

New York Times
crossword puzzle.
See
Crossword puzzle design

New Zealand,
233

Nietzsche, Friedrich,
38
–
40
,
187
,
199
–
200

Noe, Bernie,
88
–
89

Novelty,
112
,
114
,
116

NYC Transit,
153

Oates, Joyce Carol,
140

Observer
,
207

Oettingen, Gabriele,
65

Olympics athletes,
38
,
100
,
114

optimism and,
175

practice and,
118
,
121
,
132
,
133
,
138
,
140

Optimism,
173
–
75
,
190
,
193

growth mindset and,
181
,
192

learned,
173

in teachers,
176
–
78

Oscar, Daniel,
286
n

Outliers,
20
–
21

Outward Bound,
187

Oxford University,
15
,
58
,
59
,
60

Palin, Michael,
96

Parenting,
199
–
222

authoritarian,
200
,
203
,
211
,
212
,
213

child-centered,
201
,
211

contiuum of views on,
199
–
201

demanding style,
201
–
7
,
211

emulation by children and,
214
–
16

encouraging/supportive,
207
–
10
,
211

neglectful,
212

by non-parents,
216
–
22

patterns of successful,
210
–
13

permissive,
209
,
212
,
213

wise (authoritative),
211
–
16

Park, Daeun,
183

Parker, James,
12

Passion,
8
,
56
–
60
,
61
,
64
,
68
,
261
–
62

age and,
86

consistency of over time,
57
–
60

fostering,
99
–
101

genetics and experience in,
82

Grit Scale measures of,
9
,
56
–
57
,
82

high achiever indicators of,
77

identity and,
248
,
250

intensity not correlated with,
57
,
60

interest and,
91
,
95
–
101
,
103
,
116
,
143

practicality
vs.
,
96
–
97

purpose and,
91
,
143

Paunesku, Dave,
166

Peabody Conservatory,
25

Peanuts
(comic strip),
140

Permissive parenting,
209
,
212
,
213

Perseverance,
56
–
57
,
91
,
261
–
62

age and,
86

flexibility and,
69
–
74

genetics and experience in,
82

Grit Scale measures of,
9
,
57
,
82

high achiever indicators of,
77

identity and,
248
,
250

Persistence of motive,
77

Personality

corresponsive principle and,
233
–
34
,
246

maturity principle and,
86
–
89

Personal Qualities Project,
226
–
29
,
234
–
35

Pessimism,
174
–
75
,
177
,
178
,
191
–
92

Phelps, Michael,
37
,
38

Pitt, William,
76

Positive fantasizing,
65

Positive Psychology,
40

Post-it note experiment,
219

Potential,
14
,
22
–
23
,
51
,
236

Potter’s Book, A
(Leach),
105

Practice,
91
,
117
–
42

deliberate
(see
Deliberate practice)

quantity of time and,
118
–
20

spelling,
13
,
117
,
124
–
27
,
135
–
36
,
140

swimming,
37
,
132
–
33

in three-phase progression model,
144

Prefrontal cortex,
189

Princeton University,
95

Psychological Care of Infant and Child
(Watson),
200

Pulitzer Prize,
58

Purpose,
91
,
143
–
67
,
269