The Secret Ingredient Of Successful People And Organizations: Grit

The Secret Ingredient Of Successful People And Organizations: Grit Angela Duckworth was an outstanding student growing up, so much so that she was admitted to Harvard University. All the while, however, she was reminded often by her beloved father that she was "no genius." Many years later, with degrees from Harvard, Oxford, and Penn under her belt, she was selected as a MacArthur Fellow. Rather ironically, given her father’s reminder, she was officially a genius, as the MacArthur Foundation grants are referred to as “genius grants.”