I suggest you observe your own language over the next few days, listening for the beliefs your words may be reinforcing in yourself and others.

My best guess is that following through on our commitments while we grow up both requires grit and, at the same time, builds it.

“people whose thinking is active in one direction,12 who employ everything as material, who always zealously observe their own inner life and that of others, who perceive everywhere models and incentives, who never tire of combining together the means available to them.”

We don’t want to sit on the pool deck and watch him progress from amateur to expert. We prefer our excellence fully formed. We prefer mystery to mundanity.

Optimists, Marty soon discovered, are just as likely to encounter bad events as pessimists. Where they diverge is in their explanations: optimists habitually search for temporary and specific causes of their suffering, whereas pessimists assume permanent and pervasive causes are to blame.

With effort, talent becomes skill and, at the very same time, effort makes skill productive.

If, reading this chapter, you recognize yourself as an extreme pessimist, my advice is to find a cognitive behavioral therapist.

Lo sentimos, no podemos mostrar este tipo de contenido.

Degree of strength of will or perseverance. Quiet determination to stick to a course once decided upon. Tendency not to abandon tasks in the face of obstacles. Perseverance, tenacity, doggedness.