TITLE: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance AUTHOR: Angela Duckworth In this book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and business people both seasoned and new that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called grit. Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments. “Actually, I would recommend it to anyone who is working toward a big goal, especially if they’ve experienced some setbacks,” a reviewer commented on goodreads.com. Judith Shulevitz, reviewing the book for the New York Times, said: “Duckworth is a scholar you have to take seriously. She has been featured in two best-selling books (How Children Succeed, by Paul Tough, and The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg), consulted by the White House and awarded the MacArthur “genius” fellowship for her work on this obviously desirable trait.” Shulevitz added: “You can’t blame Duckworth for how people apply her ideas, but she’s not shy about reducing them to nostrums that may trickle down in problematic ways.”