Geeking-Out September 7, 2025
Even Gritty People Get Discouraged
Curated by Meg Birmingham
The world is hard right now, it’s difficult to understand why we’re doing the things we do while things seem to be falling apart around us. But that’s where grit can come in.
Angela Duckworth, American academic, psychologist, and popular science author, discusses the importance of commitment when it comes to responding to setbacks. Peter Gollwitzer uses the metaphor of Crossing the Rubicon to explain the difference between deliberating what to do and deciding to keep pushing forward.
On one side of the river, you’ve got options. On the other, you’re committed. Setbacks become lessons and we keep moving forward. It’s great to have grit as an individual, right now we need to have it as communities.
We need to cross the Rubicon.
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