No Grit

Grit vs No grit?

Grit? What is grit? What I gathered from Angela Lee Duckworth's video is that grit is hard work and determination. In this essay, I will be comparing those students who have grit to those students who do not. Grit is the key to success. Grit is passion and perseverance for very long goals. In a sense, it means sticking to your goals. During my research on grit, I learned talent doesn't make you gritty. In the following paragraphs, I will compare two students, one whom is gritty verses one who is not. How do they differ?

As stated above, according to Angela Lee Duckworth, grit means determination. She also stated how talent doesn’t make you gritty. In my opinion, I think students who use grit will tend to be more successful than those who do not. There are very talented individuals who simply don’t follow through on their commitments. I honestly believe if you use grit you can and will be more successful, because the more hard work you put in and the more determined you are, the further you will go in life. It is believed that the ability to learn can change with effort, for
That's the big question. How do they differ? It has been proven that those with grit have the upper hand in school and life over those who don’t set goals. People who set long term goals and stick to them will always go further successfully and have a leg up over someone who is not determined and has no long term goals. Grit enables people to work hard and stick with whatever they are doing, whether it's a long term goal or just something you need to get done. Now this doesn't mean that someone without grit will be a complete failure, that's not what I'm saying at all. It's quite the opposite actually. You can still succeed even if you're not very determined, it will just be a little harder than someone who's determined. As I've constantly said in this essay, talent doesn’t make you gritty just like being non-gritty doesn’t make you a total