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title: The Power of Passion and Perseverance 
description: You’ve got to have grit. 
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# [The Power of Passion and Perseverance ](https://www.sellingenergy.com/blog/the-power-of-passion-and-perseverance-)

 Written by [Mark Jewell](https://www.sellingenergy.com/blog/author/mark-jewell) | January 22, 2018

If you care about what you’re doing, it’s harder to let your goals fall by the wayside.  If you deeply love how it makes you feel, you’ll find yourself pursuing that feeling over and over again.  Nevertheless, it isn’t just passion and devotion that foster success.  It takes hard work, determination and a persistent tenacity.  In short: you’ve got to have grit. 

This is explored in *Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance** *by Angela Duckworth, who is well versed in facilitating success.  She is not only the founder of The Character Lab and a non-profit summer school, but also a professor of psychology, a renowned consultant and a recipient of a MacArthur genius grant.  In *Grit** *she illustrates the relationship between talent and effort, positing that in order for someone to reach their goals they have to push themselves and push *hard*, never resting on their laurels or shying away from challenges and innovation.  A particularly interesting part of the book is self-evaluation on what Duckworth calls the “Grit Scale,” which was developed to predict a subject’s success in the military.  However, can the scale be applied to your business efforts?  What about life goals?  Your home life?  The answer to all of these queries: definitely. 

Here is a summary from [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1516389195&sr=1-1): 

“In this instant *New York Times *bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls ‘grit.’

 Among *Grit*’s most valuable insights:

 *Why any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal  
 *How grit can be learned, regardless of I.Q. or circumstances  
 *How lifelong interest is triggered  
 *How much of optimal practice is suffering and how much ecstasy  
 *Which is better for your child—a warm embrace or high standards  
 *The magic of the Hard Thing Rule

 Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, *Grit* is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that—not talent or luck—makes all the difference.”

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