Personal Essay: Grit Doesn T Work

Grit is a passion and perseverance that everyone need to have to succeed in any long-term goal. In the Ted video I would have to agree with the concept of how grit works. As stated by Professor Ducksworth there are people who don’t follow through on a commitment that they have made. Some easily give up and don’t commit to their goals. In my own personal life I can honestly say that the way Professor Ducksworth explained Grit I can compare it to my life. I have always planned things and sometimes my plan didn’t go the way I wanted it to. I can remember getting frustrated at being disappointed at how things never worked out how I planned and would push myself more to make things happen. I never knew how much I have given up on planning until I viewed the grit video. I like how she stated that grit is about learning from your mistakes, being willing to fail, to be wrong with lessons learned and also willing to start over. …show more content…
I’ve always been the type of person who would want better, but never thought to sit and see where I’m at in life and while going through this stage in life I’ve lost my way of planning long-term and short-term goals. It has been an exhausting road because I didn’t know how to stop and think about what I was doing at the time and how I could get better. I had always worked and paid bills, never stop for a second to think about life and where I want to be. Grit is to live life like a marathon not a sprint as Professor Ducksworth stated and I’m glad to know instead of continuing to be hard on