Grit (51 page)

Self-control,
273
,
322
n

Self-fulfilling prophecies,
26
,
170

Self-talk,
175
–
76
,
193
,
310
n

Seligman, Marty,
171
–
75
,
178
, 184

as author's advisor,
40
–
41

learned helplessness experiments of,
171
–
73
,
188
,
240

optimistic teachers studied by,
176
–
77

Seurat, Georges,
73

Shaw, George Bernard,
257
–
58

Sheldon, Ken,
297
n

Shopify,
218

Shortz, Will,
95
,
96
,
99
,
108
–
10
,
111
–
12
,
115

Silvia, Paul,
113
–
14

Sisu
,
250
–
52
,
253

“Sisu: A Word That Explains Finland”
(Times
article),
251

Skill development,
42
–
44
,
50
–
51

learning curve for,
119

three stages of,
107

Skilling, Jeff,
30
–
31

Smartest Guys in the Room, The
(documentary),
30

Smith, Chantel,
221
,
222

Smith, Will,
46
,
47
,
51

Social multiplier effect,
84
,
263

Society for Research on Adolescence,
212

Spartan Race,
319
n

Special Forces Selection Course,
12

Spectator
magazine,
123

Spellbound
(documentary),
12
–
14

Spelling bees.
See
Scripps National Spelling Bee

Spitz, Mark,
38
,
39

Sports Illustrated
,
268

Stalin, Joseph,
148

Stanford University,
162
,
215
,
222
,
248

Steinberg, Larry,
212
–
13

Stretch goal,
121
–
23

Strivers,
24
,
26
,
31
,
36
,
50
–
51

Summerbridge program,
157
–
59
,
167

Super Bowl,
202
,
243
,
263
–
64

Swarthmore College,
20
,
102

Swimming

culture of,
245
–
47

effort and,
36
–
39

genetics and experience in,
81

optimism and,
175

practice and,
37
,
132
–
33

Talent,
15
–
34
,
35
–
44
,
255

academic success and,
15
–
20

differences in,
31

downside of overemphasizing,
31
,
35
,
269

early literature on,
20
–
23

effort interaction with,
42
–
44
,
51

at Enron,
30
–
31

genetics and experience in,
80
–
81

in Ivy League undergraduates,
14

KIPP view of,
181

McKinsey's emphasis on,
26
–
30

musical ability and,
23
–
24

mythologizing,
39

Nietzsche on,
39
,
40

skill separated from,
51

spelling and,
14

swimming and,
36
–
39

tests for, imperfection of,
34

updating beliefs on,
192
–
93

in West Point cadets,
9
–
10

Tar Heels, UNC,
254
–
58

Teachers.
See also
Education

author's career as,
15
–
20
,
117
,
157
–
59
,
177
–
78

impact of feedback from,
218
–
19

optimism in,
176
–
78

Teach For America (TFA),
176
–
78
,
181

TED talks,
124
,
133
–
35
,
220
,
238
,
244

Television,
84
,
210

Templeton, John,
114

Ten-thousand-hour/ten-year-rule,
119
–
20

Terkel, Studs,
151

TFA.
See
Teach For America

Thomas, Earl,
263

Time
magazine,
251
,
276

Tough love,
211

Treadmill Test,
46
–
50
,
256

Trojans, USC,
262

Tsay, Chia-Jung,
23
–
26

Twin studies,
81
–
82

UCLA,
20

Ultimate concern,
63
,
66
,
68
,
272

United Kingdom,
82

United States Military Academy at West Point,
3
–
7
,
90
–
91
,
270
.
See also
Beast Barracks

admissions process for,
3

culture of,
245
,
258
–
61

dropout rate in,
3
–
4
,
259

Grit Scale administered at,
9
–
10
,
54
,
259

hazing at,
258
–
59

Whole Candidate Score and,
6
,
9
,
10

University College London,
25

University of California, Berkeley,
233

University of Houston,
238

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC),
254
–
58

University of Pennsylvania,
155
,
190
,
191
,
237

University of Southern California (USC),
262

Vaillant, George,
47
–
48
,
49
,
86

Values.
See
Core values

Vanguard,
185

Vetri, Marc,
100
,
103
,
105
–
6

Voltaire,
76

War for Talent, The
(Michaels, Hanfield-Jones, and Axelrod),
26
–
27
,
29
–
30

“War for Talent, The” (report),
26

Washington, George,
76

Watson, John,
200
,
211
,
212

Watson, Nora,
151
–
52

Watts, Alan,
155

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale,
83

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children,
83

West, Kanye,
187

West Point.
See
United States Military Academy at West Point

Wharton School of Business,
53
,
86
,
159
,
191

What the **** Is Normal?!
(Martinez),
201

Whole Candidate Score (West Point),
6
,
9
,
10

“Why?” questions,
63
,
89

Willingham, Dan,
317
n

Willingham, Warren,
226
–
30
,
231
,
234
–
35
,
317
n

Wilson, Russell,
264

Win Forever
(Carroll),
261
–
62

Winter War,
250
–
51

Wise (authoritative) parenting,
211
–
16

Wooden, John,
61
,
264

Work

as a calling
(see
Calling)

career changes and,
112

core values in,
166
–
67

disengagement in,
98

lack of direction in,
101
–
3

passion for,
97
–
99
,
103

World According to Garp, The
(Irving),
44

Writing,
44
–
46

Wrzesniewski, Amy,
149
–
50
,
152
–
53
,
155
,
166
–
67

X Factor, The
(television program),
31

Yale University,
31
,
149

Yeager, David,
160
,
166
,
218
–
19

Young, LeGrande (“Grit”),
202
,
203
,
204
–
7

Young, Mike,
204

Young, Sherry,
204
–
6

Young, Steve,
201
–
7
,
210
,
211
,
215
,
226

Zookeepers,
150

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