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1、2016TEM4Mini-Lecturetext：WhatisGrit?Goodafternoon,everyone.Today,Iwouldliketotalkaboutmyresearchprojectconcerningthekeytosuccess.Iwouldliketostartmytopicwithmyownstory.WhenIwas27yearsold,Ileftaverydemandingjob:teachingseventhgradersmathintheNewYorkCitypublicschools.Andlikeanyteacher,Imadequizzesan
2、dtests.Igaveouthomeworkassignments.Whentheworkcameback,Icalculatedgrades.WhatstruckmewasthatIQwasnottheonlydifferencebetweenmybestandmyworststudents.SomeofmystrongestperformersdidnothavesuperIQscores.Someofmysmartestkidsweren'tdoingsowell.ThenIfeltveryinterestedinknowingthereasonwhythestudents'mat
3、hperformanceisnotthatcloselyrelatedtotheirIQscores.[2]Istartedstudyingkidsandadultsinallkindsofchallengingsettings,andineverystudy[1]myquestionwas,whoissuccessfulhereandwhy?MyresearchteamandIwenttoWestPointMilitaryAcademy.Wetriedtopredictwhichstudentswouldstayinmilitarytrainingandwhichwoulddropout
4、.[3]WewenttotheNationalSpellingContestandtriedtopredictwhichchildrenwouldadvancefarthestincompetition.Weworkedwithprivatecompanies,asking,whichofthesesalespeopleisgoingtokeeptheirjobs?Andwho'sgoingtoearnthemostmoney?Wewenttomanyplaces,andfinallyonecharacteristicemergedasasignificantpredictorofsucc
5、ess.Anditwasn'tsocialintelligence.Itwasn'tgoodlooks,physicalhealth,anditwasn'tIQ.Itwasgrit.Whatisgrit?Well,[4]gritispassionandperseveranceforverylong-termgoals.Gritisstickingwithyourfuture,dayin,dayout,notjustfortheweek,notjustforthemonth,butforyears,[5]andworkingreallyhardtomakethatfutureareality
6、.[6]Gritislivinglifelikeit'samarathon,notasprint.Afewyearsago,IstartedstudyinggritintheChicagopublicschools.Iaskedthousandsofhighschooljuniorstotakegritquestionnaires,andthenwaitedaroundmorethanayeartoseewhowouldgraduate.[7]Itturnedoutthatgrittierkidsweresignificantlymorelikelytograduate,evenwhenI
7、matchedthemoneverycharacteristicIcouldmeasure,thingslikefamilyincome,testscoresandsoon.Tome,themostshockingthingaboutgritishowlittleweknow,howlittlescienceknowsaboutbuildingit.Everyday,parentsandteachersaskme”How
