Encourage by example. The Duckworth lab’s research, which was
undertaken in partnership with classroom teachers, showed that students
became less frustrated with the learning process and put forth more effort
when they understood even experts struggle to learn their craft. Share your
own experiences of being gritty or introduce gritty role models through books
so they can begin to understand, as Albert Einstein said, “genius is 99 percent
perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.”
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