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The Right Kind of Stubborn
the fact that soldier mindset is often our default strategy for getting what we want doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good strategy. For one thing, it can backfire. In “Persuasion,” we saw that law students who are randomly assigned to one side of a moot court case become confident, after reading the case materials, that their side is morally and le
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It's the same with most successful people. They're never more engaged than when you disagree with them. Whereas the obstinate don't want to hear you. When you point out problems, their eyes glaze over, and their replies sound like ideologues talking about matters of doctrine.
Paul Graham • The Right Kind of Stubborn
Grit is a popular buzzword in parenting and education. It means sticking with something no matter how hard it is or how much adversity you must face to achieve it. That’s my definition. In her best-selling 2014 book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, the psychologist and researcher Angela Duckworth studied West Point cadets, inner-city Ch
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