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Jonah Lehrer: Grit

September 7, 2011

“What are the causes of success? …studies suggest that our most important talent is having a talent for working hard, for practicing even when practice isn’t fun…. Success is never easy. That’s why talent requires grit.”

Jonah Lehrer

Read the essay here. (Follow-up here.)

Filed Under: Creativity, Readings, Writing Tagged With: grit, Jonah Lehrer

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