PG's essay is an excellent exploration (and adaptation) of these ideas about determination in the Boston Globe last month: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/id

PG's essay is an excellent exploration (and adaptation) of these ideas about determination in the Boston Globe last month: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/08/02/the_truth_about_grit/ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/08/02/... The basic research referenced in the Globe article was done at Penn: http://www.gritstudy.com/ http://www.gritstudy.com/ I wonder what the original researcher, Angela Duckworth, would have to say about PG's ideas.