Find Your Grit in a Crisis

Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance”, explains how to stay resilient in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.
This video was recorded live on May 4, 2020. The founder and CEO of Character Lab joins HBR's Adi Ignatius and Joshua Macht to discuss this and other topics in the second episode of HBR Quarantined, a new weekly show about how business is dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.
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[@jamesmichaelwalker683]

That's was very strategic and important initiative! I really love the issue: The Power of Passion and Perserverance. II. COVID did test our resilience. Fortunately, we did defeat it! III. Angela also made a very good contribution. IV. The COVID was also a very good moment to explore the full potential of Unconscious MIndset. The New Scientific Revolution in action!

[@insolitoassociates]

I agree with Angela. I think we all feel pretty much starved for human interaction and contact and that's what really gives us energy and more importantly bonds us together. I can't imagine anyone having a real team bonding experience in a zoom setting.

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

Angela's book changed my life.

[@nicolenew1708]

AMAZING

[@camilabarreto3118]

This was an awsome conference! I totally adore Angela and what she stands for, mainly because there is always new perspectives in her analysis. She´s really perceptive!

[@MichaelLopez-nc3xz]

Thank you may your a sweetheart and thank you ..kids are awesome and kents ..the real superman..thank you thank you. Trenton is so cool Addison is a princess..you guys have fun and all be ok. I promise. Strong person so is candy. She stronger then me. Love you guys

[@pettypoh]

thank you (again!) for this great video conference and being able to listen to the insights from Angela

[@yusrioctariansyah]

Thank you for sharing this video ☺

[@jnskm]

Watch from 4:54

[@bharatdave8472]

Thank you!

[@marinewillis1202]

yes skip the first part. Those 2 are educated idiots. She is pretty sharp

[@jaywalker11]

Thank you for sharing.

[@gillianhannon5117]

Great show and brilliant guest. Lots of fun.

[@msar1989]

Thank you! :)

[@blissfuly8375]

I enjoy this channel, hopefully this continues~

[@turabq7234]

Thanks a lot.

[@sirisaksirisak6981]

The level of self awareness come out to solve some problem but it work which cannot explain how it come.Most people not notice this and let it passed away and not find out how it comes because it happened accidently but it work with out reason finding.We called flash solution. And one unable to stable this level,when it 'll come out while facing a hard problem.It exists in our thought naturally.

[@sasosaso5995]

Thanks

[@nimgreensmile113]

Really useful topic👍 and thank you so much to have Angela here🙂

[@Sofi-qh9tm]

Great discussion

[@EunbiKimchanel]

it's so amazing

[@anilsanthapuri4884]

What’s the distinction between Connectivity and Connectedness?

[@CCRob720]

watching this in july 2021 when covid delta is a thing... the hosts optimism is laughably optimistic... for context covid, is getting a third wind in spots around the world.

[@isaacwilson5284]

You want to see true GRIT? I'm STILL pissed that some assholes crashed into a building in the middle of my "Big Guy and Rusty" episode...I was 6.

[@clementgavi7290]

'Find Your Grit in a Crisis' A crisis is what is. And what is, is necessarily determined, it has a cause or causes. The pandemic that affects you, limits your movements, etc isn't yours in terms of cause. You haven't done anything that has led to the pandemic. Thus the grit you find in a crisis depends on the cause or causes of the effect that is the crisis. For instance to what extent does it make sense to human beings to find their grit in a crisis they have themselves engendered? I will say if they couldn't prevent that crisis. Otherwise the Grit has a sense when they deploy it to prevents crisis. Therefore the story to tell the generations to come about 2020 pandemic can be, as human beings, sentient beings you are submitted to determination, a virus can affect you, lead you to a situation of crisis. Thus it is because you can have to deal with crisis that doesn't depend on your will, your actions, how you live your lives, that you must make sure you are not the causes of your own crisis by living wisely. For instance the Covid-19 pandemic has led to crisis where people must queue to get to shops where often they don't find what they need. Today you can see similar thing in Ukraine, but in Ukraine the cause isn't something that is external to humans' will

[@02saumyatiwari89]

Is this (grit) ever worked 🤔🤔

[@sirisaksirisak6981]

Undoubtably why she has no problem so she smiling facail all the time, you know why because she's Phd in psychology.