Quitting = No perseverance? 放棄 = 沒有毅力?
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2 min readJun 21, 2018
UPenn 知名心理學教授 Angela Duckworth 的研究發現,”Being gritty” 是很多成功企業家、運動員、廚師、演藝人員、音樂家都共有的特質。
GRIT 定義: 對某個長程最終利他的目標有熱情和毅力去追求,並在其中願意做刻意練習,保持 growth mindset 相信任何事情自己都做得到。
但她說「那不代表不能放棄」,因為 “Part of grit is actually doing enough exploration early on, quitting enough things early on, that you can find something that you’re willing to stick with.”
但至於什麼東西要放棄?什麼東西不放棄?她說 “Just don’t quit on a bad day.” 並呼應愛因斯坦所說的 “Only a life lived in the service of others is worth living.” (只有為他人貢獻付出的人生是最值得的人生)
祝福大家都能做夠 quit enough things “early on”,最終都能 find something you are willing to stick with。