Grit: Is Your Child's Grit Score High Enough for The Ivies?

Other Peoples Parenting · Oct 21, 2026 · 59m · transcript

In Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that long-term success and high achievement depend far more on a combination of deep passion and steady perseverance—which she calls "grit"—than on innate talent or natural intelligence. In this podcast episode about Duckworth’s book, Grit, we answer these questions and more:

· Can grit be measured? With Duckworth’s grit scale, we learn that it effectively predicted who would make it through West Point’s “Beast” training program and who would go furthest in the National Spelling Bee competition.

· Is there a…