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1、TheKeytoSuccessWhenIwas27yearsold,IleftaverycommandingDemanddemandingjob,ainmanagingconsultingconsult,forajobthatwasevenmoredemanding,teaching.IwenttoteachseventhgradersmathintheNewYorkCityPublicSchools.Andlikeanyteacher,Imadequizzesandtests,Igaveouth
2、omeworkassignments.Whentheworkcameback,Icalculatedratesgrades.Whatstrikestruckmewasthat,IQwasnottheonlydifferencebetweenmybestandmyworststudents.SomeofmystrongestperformersdidnothavestratosphericIQscores.Someofmysmartestkidsweren’tdoingsowell.Andthatg
3、otmethinking.TheKindsofthingsthatyouneedtolearninseventhgrademathsurethey’rehard.Buttheseconceptsarenotimpossible,andIwasfirmlyconvincedthateveryoneofmystudentscouldlearnmaterialiftheyworkedlongandhardenough.Afterseveralmoreyearsofteaching,Icametothec
4、onclusionthatwhatweneedineducationisamuchbetterunderstandinginstudentsandlearningfromamotivationalperspectiveperspective,fromapsychologicalperspective.Ineducation,theonethingweknowhowtomeasurebestisIQ.Butwhatifdoingwellinschoolandinlifedependonmuchmor
5、ethatyourabilitytolearnquicklyandeasily.SoIlefttheclassroomandwenttoagraduateschooltobecomeapsychologist.Istartedstudyingkidsandadultsinallkindsofsuperchallengingsettings.Andineverystudymyquestionwaswho’ssuccessfulhereandwhy.MyresearchteamandIwenttoWe
6、stPointmilitarycatemyacademy.Wetrytopredictwhichcadetswouldstayinthemilitarytraining,whichwoulddropout.Wewenttothenationalspellingbee,wetriedtopredictwhichchildrenwouldadvancefarthisinthecompetition.Westudiedrockyrookieteachersworkinginreallytoughneig
7、hborhoods,askingwhichteacherarestillgoingtobethereinteachingbytheendoftheschoolyear,andofthose,whowouldbethemosteffectiveatimprovinglearningoutcomesfortheirstudents.Wepartneredwithprivatecompanies,askingwhichofthesesalespeoplearegoingtokeeptheirjobsan
8、dwho’sgoingtoearnthemostmoney.Inallthoseverydifferentcontexts,onecharacteristicemergedasasignificantpredictorofsuccess,anditwasn’tsocialintelligence,itwasn’tgoodlooks,physicalhealthanditwasn’tIQ.Itwasgrit.Gritispassionandforperseveranceverylon