Grit by Angela Duckworth. Quotes III

-Improvise, adapt, overcome. Green Berets motto.
-On any long journey, detours are to be expected.
-Every human trait is influenced by both genes and experience.
-Against intuition, talents are not entirely genetic: the rate at which we develop any skill is also, crucially, a function of experience.
-She learns to do what she needs to do.
-Lectures don't have half the effect of consequences.
-We get grittier as we get older.
-The psychological assets that mature paragons of grit have in common: interest; practice; purpose; and hope.
-Within the last decade or so, scientists who study interests have arrived at a definitive answer. First, research shows that people are enormously more satisfied with their jobs when they do something that fits personal interests. Second, people perform better at work when what they do interests them.
-Passion for your work is a little bit of discovery, followed by a lot of development, and then a lifetime of deepening.
-Interests are not discovered by introspection, but by the interaction with the outside world.
-The grittier an individual is, the fewer career changes they're likely to make.
-If you would like to follow your passion but haven't yet fostered one, you must begin at the beginning: discovery. Ask yourself a few simple questions:
1. What do I like to think about?
2. Where does my mind wander?
3. What do I really care about?
4. What matters most to me?
5. How do I enjoy spending my time?
6. In contrast, what do I find absolutely unbearable?
-Grit is not just about quantity of time devoted to interests, but also quality of time. Not just more time on task, but also better time on task.