Getting Grit, Caroline Adams Miller
Getting Grit, Caroline Adams Miller
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Getting Grit
The Evidence-Based Approach to Cultivating Passion, Perseverance, and Purpose

Author: Caroline Adams Miller

Narrator: Caroline Adams Miller

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/21/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Grow Your Grit―How You Can Develop the Critical Ingredient for SuccessGrit is increasingly considered one of the key ingredients of success. It is defined as “passion and perseverance in pursuit of long-term goals.” How gritty are you? If you do not know, you are not alone. Some people are predisposed to be more resilient and optimistic than others; however, most don’t know how to identify and cultivate grit, and as a result don’t achieve their full potential in their work or personal lives.In this audiobook Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, bestselling author and positive psychology expert, uses insightful scientific research, applicable examples, and powerful stories to help you understand why grit is so important and what you can do to cultivate it in yourself and others. With Getting Grit Caroline brings you a practical and information-rich guide for developing the qualities needed to persevere over obstacles―not just toughness and passion, but also humility, patience, and kindness. In this audiobook Caroline offers self-assessment tools, daily exercises, and life tips to help reinforce your capacity for courage, resilience and willpower―and inspire the same qualities in those around you.Join Caroline as she shares research-based insights and practices on:• Learning grit―how you can enhance your willpower and rewire your brain for resilience• The key traits of gritty people―what the latest research reveals• The three kinds of "false grit" and how to recognize them in yourself• The courage to fail―tools for turning your setbacks into your greatest teachers• Daring to dream big―guidance for building your capacity to take risks and aim higher• No one succeeds alone―tips for gathering your support team and inspiring others• The role of self-compassion, gratitude, and spirituality in building grit

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick on April 13, 2020

Ok Boomer. The first 3 chapters of this book are unnecessary generation bashing which add nothing to the purpose of book. The remaining chapters have very fleeting moments of guidance. Unfortunately her views are undermined as she rarely cites peer-reviewed journal articles when discussing key points.......more

Goodreads review by Alex on July 23, 2017

This book offers interesting information about what author calls "authentic grit" and grit in general. In the first part, author begins by describing multiple types of grit and how we can recognize each. Author also tells which types of grit are good and worth developing and are which ones are bad,......more

Goodreads review by Carolina on January 01, 2018

This is a useful book as long as you see it in context. This book is highly critical of our modern developments in the area of convenience and expedition, and it is comes across as somewhat reactionary. Indeed it is a slight reaction to the progress our society is making, and its resulting impatienc......more

Goodreads review by Yoric on November 03, 2018

This resonates so much with my inner conviction, that we can only feel good about ourselves if we do and complete hard things. We are so much misled into thinking the opposite, that we need to seek for a comfortable life, with toys and vacations. The author defines “authentic grit” as “the passionate......more