Grit; Book review
Name of book: Grit; the power of passion and perseverance Author: Angela Duck worth Number of pages: 285 Published by: Scribner “I wrote it because what we accomplish in the marathon of life depends on our grit-our passion and perseverance for long term goals. An obsession with talent distracts us from that simple truth” Angela Duckworth Almost 6 months a go, I discovered a book: Grit. Judged by its cover, it instantly secured a place in my To-be-read list. I had forgotten it until recent time ,after having my list revised, and listening to a ted talk on lack of perseverance and consistency, I struggled to resist my temptation and got my hands on it. I am glad I did. Grit, as the writer puts it, means having the passion to accomplish a a particular top-level goal and the perseverance to follow through. Unlike most self-help books that disappoint their readers with their impracticality, Grit comes off as raising a quite realistic problem and even more realistic solutions. Before we...