[HN Gopher] Self-Control and Grit: Related but Separable Determi...
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Self-Control and Grit: Related but Separable Determinants of
Success
Author : nabla9
Score : 18 points
Date : 2021-08-03 13:52 UTC (9 hours ago)
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| bennysomething wrote:
| Grit: working while hungover. Self control: not drinking in the
| first place.
| giantg2 wrote:
| "Other than talent and opportunity..."
|
| Seems like opportunity is the big one. You get promoted, or given
| other opportunities, because the person in power wants to give
| them to you. These other attributes can play a role in that, but
| I think we all know people who were not talented, lack grit, and
| lack self control who were promoted anyways.
| ghola2k5 wrote:
| For those interested, there is an episode or more of Freakonomics
| podcasts about this: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/grit/
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| Additionally, Angela Duckworth (an author) co-hosts with
| Freakonomics host Stephen Dubner another podcast called "No
| Stupid Questions" (https://freakonomics.com/nsq/)
| derbOac wrote:
| There's a bit of controversy over this, not with the idea or the
| evidence for it, but that the concepts and evidence are anything
| new. It's basically repackaging ideas that have been discussed
| and studied repeatedly in the cognitive and personality
| literatures. Maybe fine in terms of lay/popular translation but a
| good example of how academic credit can get distorted.
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