Essay On Passion And Perseverance

Passion and Perseverance Throughout everyone’s lives they have dreamed of having the perfect job, house, or life in general. Many people think that the only way to accomplish these dreams is to have a great talent for something, so they spend their time trying to find the things they are naturally good at. When people are talented at something, however, it does not always mean they will be willing to keep working at it or continue to strive after they have accomplished their goal. There are tests and studies that people use to determine how successful they will be either socially or academically like the ACT, SAT, and IQ. However, there is another factor in each person’s life that can determine success for something, and that is grit. Angela Duckworth, in her book Grit The Power of Passion and Perseverance, talks about her life and how she has studied passion and perseverance in people. Through studies …show more content…
Finding the purpose is the third asset of grit. Someone’s experience from working is their reason for doing it because it makes them feel good about its purpose. Regardless of what goal they have: helping people, making a difference, or changing something, the reason people do it is because it is beneficial to everyone. Finally, the last and most important asset is hope. Hope ties every aspect of grit together because it is the easiest feeling to gain or lose. It is the driving force of almost everyone to help see the bigger picture, but it is easy to see the negatives of a situation. Duckworth says, “At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails” (92). Hope to reach a goal is the basis of finding an interest in something, to put the work into it, and to realize that what you get out of it is also what other people get as well, thus making you a grittier