Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals
- Grit is not related positively to IQ but was highly correlated with Conscientiousness in Big Five Personality. Why is this so? What similarities do they share? Curious to know how this link to meaning in life? Does more grit correlate with more meaning in life?
- William James has proposed two questions one on human abilities and the second on how individuals unleash their abilities. The first has been linked to the growing knowledge on learning more about IQ but the second hasn’t been able to solve completely on knowing why some people are more successful than others despite of equal intelligence. In my opinion, I am curious to know why is this the case too. For instance, why does my friend and I have equal GPA but she was able to find a job already and yet I am still actively looking for it? What makes her more successful than me holding grades equal?
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Recalling being a tennis player at the high school tennis team, my coach told me that I was tenacious, is being tenacious similar to grit?
- The article mentioned that there lacks to be a grit scale to estimate grit on adults. I was wondering if it would be wise to develop such scale measure grit on adult. Is grit measurable?
- In study 1, it shows that holding education level equal, grit grows with age. I agree with this because I can see that from my parents. They are a lot older and have faced through numerous challenge to be where they are now. This makes them to be able to persevere through hard times and equipped them with the mentality of never give up, showing that grit does grow with age.
TARGET ARTICLE: Hope Theory: Rainbows in the Mind
- The first component of hope is goal. I can relate to this because in the process of achieving a goal, I would usually associate the good things that come along with this and this gives me
- Grit is not related positively to IQ but was highly correlated with Conscientiousness in Big Five Personality. Why is this so? What similarities do they share? Curious to know how this link to meaning in life? Does more grit correlate with more meaning in life?
- William James has proposed two questions one on human abilities and the second on how individuals unleash their abilities. The first has been linked to the growing knowledge on learning more about IQ but the second hasn’t been able to solve completely on knowing why some people are more successful than others despite of equal intelligence. In my opinion, I am curious to know why is this the case too. For instance, why does my friend and I have equal GPA but she was able to find a job already and yet I am still actively looking for it? What makes her more successful than me holding grades equal?
- …show more content…
Recalling being a tennis player at the high school tennis team, my coach told me that I was tenacious, is being tenacious similar to grit?
- The article mentioned that there lacks to be a grit scale to estimate grit on adults. I was wondering if it would be wise to develop such scale measure grit on adult. Is grit measurable?
- In study 1, it shows that holding education level equal, grit grows with age. I agree with this because I can see that from my parents. They are a lot older and have faced through numerous challenge to be where they are now. This makes them to be able to persevere through hard times and equipped them with the mentality of never give up, showing that grit does grow with age.
TARGET ARTICLE: Hope Theory: Rainbows in the Mind
- The first component of hope is goal. I can relate to this because in the process of achieving a goal, I would usually associate the good things that come along with this and this gives me