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Most People that hear that there is a summer reading book for a university, are not always happy and don't ever want to read the book! Well in my case this book Grit was the total opposite reading the book was actually interesting and you could learn a lot from the book. A lot of my friends slash random people all looked at the book and kept asking is it good? Should I read it? And m answer to them was yes it was that good that everyone should read it. The themes in the book were really simple points that Angela Duckworth made but then turned those themes into more complex things by giving stories, or examples of them. The book really makes you think of yourself. In one of …show more content…
For a lot of people that read this book some of them are not going to care and they are just going to forget this book in two weeks or so
. I think that it will definitely have a big impact in my college career for multiple reasons. One of the reasons why because I always try to do my best in life and with my school work as well. This book describes how it's not just about talent it's about how hard you work towards a goal and how much time you put into it. Which to me is everything because personal it takes me a couple times to under the material so I like to read it over to get the full concept. Which to me is what she was saying in the book that it's not all about talent it's about setting goals and achievements and not all about tallents.

The next and last question was do you think it will be useful in your life after college? I would absolutely say yes all this information that was in the book is all things that will help you later in life and everyone should read the book. I think it will help me a lot post graduation in my everyday life and even when I get a job.

In closing I think everyone should read this book and share it with there family and friends they will learn a lot of information that they can

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