Perhaps I misunderstood the article, but taking a collection of anecdotes (n = 36) about highly successful people who took a wide variety of paths to success do

Perhaps I misunderstood the article, but taking a collection of anecdotes (n = 36) about highly successful people who took a wide variety of paths to success doesn't seem like a very good way to attack the concept of grit. For one thing, extremely successful people are likely to be outliers in many ways, and so it may not be wise to generalize their advice. It's unfortunate, because I think grit does have real issues: it seems that a large number of studies have found that it doesn't add anything over the existing concept of conscientiousness: http://scottbarrykaufman.com/study-alert-much-ado-grit-meta-analytic-synthesis-grit-literature/ http://scottbarrykaufman.com/study-alert-much-ado-grit-meta-... http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/cover_story/2016/05/angela_duckworth_says_grit_is_the_key_to_success_in_work_and_life_is_this.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/cover_story...