Grit (50 page)

KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program),
181
–
83
,
245

Kopp, Wendy,
176
–
78

Lacey, Hester,
95
–
96
,
104
,
118
,
175

LaGuardia High School of Music and Art,
70
–
71

Lahti, Emilia,
251
–
52

Lakeside School,
88

Lamennais, Hughes-Félicité-Robert de,
76

Lang Lang,
96

Language, importance of,
182
,
256
,
265

“Later years,” 108,
144

Laughlin, Terry,
140
–
41

Leach, Bernard,
105

Leader, Joe,
153

Learned helplessness,
171
–
73
,
188
,
193
,
240
,
309
n

Learned industriousness,
240

Learned optimism,
173

Learning to Cartoon
(Hoff),
71

Ledecky, Katie,
133
,
136
–
37

Leong, Deborah,
141
–
42

Levin, Dave,
181
,
183

Life philosophy,
61
–
62
,
64

Lomax, Michael,
289
–
90
n

Longitudinal studies

on extracurricular activities,
225
,
226
–
29
,
230
–
32

on interests,
103
–
4
,
107

on parenting impact,
213

on personality change,
86
,
233
–
34

Lowell High School,
18
–
20

Loyd, Sam,
109

Luong, David,
18
–
20

Luther, Martin,
76

Lütke, Tobi,
217
–
18

Lynch, Marshawn (“Beast Mode”),
264

MacArthur Fellowship,
xiii
–xiv,
275

MacKenzie, Warren,
42
–
44
,
105

Mackie, Susan,
184

Maier, Steve,
171
–
73
,
178
,
188
–
90
,
200
n,
240

Mankoff, Bob,
69
,
86

March, James,
248

Martinez, Alex,
207
–
10

Martinez, Francesca,
201
,
207
–
10
,
211
,
215

Martinez, Raoul,
208

Martinez, Tina,
207
–
10

Mathematics,
16
–
20
,
117
,
193
–
95

Matthews, Mike,
6
–
7
,
9

Maturity principle,
86
–
89

Mazzini, Giuseppe,
76

McDonald, Duff,
30

McKinsey,
58

author's career with,
15
,
18
,
27
–
29

talent emphasized by,
26
–
30

McMahon, Darrin,
288
–
89
n

McNabb, Bill,
185
–
87

Meaney, Michael,
296
n

Mega successful people,
96
,
104
,
118

Mentors,
107
,
116
,
194
,
217

MetLife insurance agents,
174
–
75

Microsoft,
230

“Middle years,”
108
,
144

Mill, John Stuart,
75

Milton, John,
76

Milton Hershey School,
190
,
312
n

Mindfulness,
155
–
57

Mindsets.
See
Fixed mindset; Growth mindset

Mistakes, responding to,
141
–
42
,
183

MIT,
220
,
221
–
22

Montana, Joe,
203

Most Valuable Player award,
202

“Mundanity of Excellence, The” (study),
36

Mural Arts Program,
112
,
113

Murat, Joachim,
76

Music,
23
–
24
,
26
,
32
–
33

Myelin,
193

NASA,
104
–
5

“Nasty Nick” (obstacle course),
12

National Book Award,
44

Naturals,
23
–
25
,
31
,
36
,
37
,
51

Nature
,
192

Neglectful parenting,
212

New England Patriots,
61
,
264

Newton, Isaac,
75
,
76

New Yorker
cartoons,
68
,
69
,
71
–
74

New York Times
,
58
,
60
,
70
,
251

New York Times
crossword puzzle.
See
Crossword puzzle design

New Zealand,
233

Nietzsche, Friedrich,
38
–
40
,
187
,
199
–
200

Noe, Bernie,
88
–
89

Novelty,
112
,
114
,
116

NYC Transit,
153

Oates, Joyce Carol,
140

Observer
,
207

Oettingen, Gabriele,
65

Olympics athletes,
38
,
100
,
114

optimism and,
175

practice and,
118
,
121
,
132
,
133
,
138
,
140

Optimism,
173
–
75
,
190
,
193

growth mindset and,
181
,
192

learned,
173

in teachers,
176
–
78

Oscar, Daniel,
286
n

Outliers,
20
–
21

Outward Bound,
187

Oxford University,
15
,
58
,
59
,
60

Palin, Michael,
96

Parenting,
199
–
222

authoritarian,
200
,
203
,
211
,
212
,
213

child-centered,
201
,
211

contiuum of views on,
199
–
201

demanding style,
201
–
7
,
211

emulation by children and,
214
–
16

encouraging/supportive,
207
–
10
,
211

neglectful,
212

by non-parents,
216
–
22

patterns of successful,
210
–
13

permissive,
209
,
212
,
213

wise (authoritative),
211
–
16

Park, Daeun,
183

Parker, James,
12

Passion,
8
,
56
–
60
,
61
,
64
,
68
,
261
–
62

age and,
86

consistency of over time,
57
–
60

fostering,
99
–
101

genetics and experience in,
82

Grit Scale measures of,
9
,
56
–
57
,
82

high achiever indicators of,
77

identity and,
248
,
250

intensity not correlated with,
57
,
60

interest and,
91
,
95
–
101
,
103
,
116
,
143

practicality
vs.
,
96
–
97

purpose and,
91
,
143

Paunesku, Dave,
166

Peabody Conservatory,
25

Peanuts
(comic strip),
140

Permissive parenting,
209
,
212
,
213

Perseverance,
56
–
57
,
91
,
261
–
62

age and,
86

flexibility and,
69
–
74

genetics and experience in,
82

Grit Scale measures of,
9
,
57
,
82

high achiever indicators of,
77

identity and,
248
,
250

Persistence of motive,
77

Personality

corresponsive principle and,
233
–
34
,
246

maturity principle and,
86
–
89

Personal Qualities Project,
226
–
29
,
234
–
35

Pessimism,
174
–
75
,
177
,
178
,
191
–
92

Phelps, Michael,
37
,
38

Pitt, William,
76

Positive fantasizing,
65

Positive Psychology,
40

Post-it note experiment,
219

Potential,
14
,
22
–
23
,
51
,
236

Potter's Book, A
(Leach),
105

Practice,
91
,
117
–
42

deliberate
(see
Deliberate practice)

quantity of time and,
118
–
20

spelling,
13
,
117
,
124
–
27
,
135
–
36
,
140

swimming,
37
,
132
–
33

in three-phase progression model,
144

Prefrontal cortex,
189

Princeton University,
95

Psychological Care of Infant and Child
(Watson),
200

Pulitzer Prize,
58

Purpose,
91
,
143
–
67
,
269

author's experience with,
157
–
59

cultivating a sense of,
165
–
67

defined,
143

happiness and,
146
–
47

origins of,
162

other-oriented,
144
–
49
,
159
–
61
,
164
–
65

self-oriented,
159
–
61

in three-phase progression model,
144

unpredictable roads to,
161
–
62

Putnam, Robert,
236
–
37

Rasmussen, Mads,
133
,
138

Rats, experiments on,
188
–
89
,
238
–
39
,
296
n

Reddit,
101
,
103

Resilience training,
193
,
313
n

Résumé virtues,
274

Reverse Flynn effect,
85

Roberts, Brent,
233

Role models

of growth mindset,
182
–
84

parents as,
214
–
16

of purpose,
162
–
65
,
167

Roosevelt, Teddy,
254

Rushdie, Salman,
96

Sales,
10
–
11

San Francisco 49ers,
202
,
203
,
243

SAT,
3
,
6
,
14
,
28
,
33
,
44
,
227
,
229
,
230
,
232
,
235

Schmidt, Roy,
151
–
52

Schneider, John,
243

Schofield, John,
258

Schofield's Definition of Discipline,
258

Schultz, Charles,
140

Schwartz, Barry,
102
,
272

Science
,
22

Scott, Alex,
143
,
145

Scripps National Spelling Bee,
12
–
14
,
91
,
131
,
270

performance-improving activities for,
125

practice for,
13
,
117
,
124
–
27
,
135
–
36
,
140

verbal IQ of participants,
13
,
14

Seattle Seahawks,
61
,
243
–
44
,
245
,
251
,
252
,
261
–
68

competition in,
262
–
63
,
265
–
66

finishing strong and,
266

language of,
265

Seaver, Tom,
63
–
64
,
65

Secretaries,
152

“See What's Possible, and Help Others Do the Same” (Cole),
165