Linda Kaplan Thaler - Grit to Great: How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to Extraordinary
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In a book illustrated with a cornucopia of stories and the latest research on success, the authors reveal the strategies that helped them, and countless others, succeed at the highest levels in their careers and professions, and in their personal lives. They talk about the guts--the courage--necessary to take on tough challenges and not give up at the first sign of difficulty. They discuss the essential quality of resiliency. Everyone suffers setbacks in their careers and in life. The key, however, is to pick yourself up and bounce back. Drawing on the latest research in positive psychology, they discuss why optimists do better in school, work, and on the playing field--and how to reset that optimistic set point. They talk about industriousness, the notion that Malcolm Gladwell popularized with the 10,000-hour rule in his book Outliers. Creativity theorist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi believes it takes a minimum of 10 years for ones true creative potential to be realized. And the authors explore the concept of tenacity--the quality that allows us to remain focused and avoid distraction in order to get the job done--an increasingly difficult task in todays fragmented, cluttered, high-tech, connected world.
Written in the same short, concise format as The Power of Nice and leavened with the natural humor that characterizes Lindas and Robins lives--and books--Grit to Great is destined to be the book everyone in business needs.
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Grit and tenacity are absolutely essential to success, and thats why Im so excited about Linda and Robins new book, Grit to Great. Grit is what made America great, and its what will make you be the person you truly want to be, in any area where you really want to succeed. Ive read it and Im recommending it to all my friends. I know the authors, and they not only wrote the book on grit, they live it. Its going to change your life.
John C. Maxwell, author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and other bestsellers
Dont walk, run to get your copy of Grit to Great. Its chock-full of good sense, insights, and useful advice that can make just about anyone feel they can succeed.
Diana Aviv, president and CEO, Independent Sector
Looking for a real secret to success? Its not just who you know. Its about determination, tenacity, hard work, and, above all, grit. Grit to Great by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval combines solid, usable advice with engaging stories to create a near-perfect handbook on how to succeed.
Keith Ferrazzi, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Whos Got Your Back and Never Eat Alone
Losing weight and staying fit are hard work. Grit to Great helps give you the tools to make your goals a reality, and be the best you can be.
Florine Mark, president and chairman of the board, The Weight Watchers Group, Inc.
You need grit to get great, and this book succinctly tells you how to do it. Theres no sugar coating: Kaplan Thaler and Koval tell it like it is, because theyve used grit to achieve great success themselves. I recommend it.
Mark Sanborn, bestselling author of The Fred Factor
Kaplan Thaler and Koval have written a very valuable book. Their insights and anecdotes on the importance of hard work, perseverance, and character provide timeless lessons that will resonate with their readers, from the senior executive to the summer intern.
Gail J. McGovern, president and CEO, American Red Cross
In Grit to Great, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval remind us that it takes much more than a diploma or high pedigree to be successful. It takes equal parts hard work, determination, pluck, and willingness to confront adversity and failure head-onGrit to Great is a celebratory tribute to the great American success story.
Abraham H. Foxman, national director, Anti-Defamation League
In Grit to Great, Linda and Robin have written what is sure to be another bestseller. Its a simple, well-written, inspiring read that will get you going on your own journey from grit to great.
Andrea March, cofounder, Womens Leadership Exchange
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Copyright 2015 by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kaplan Thaler, Linda.
Grit to great : how perseverance, passion, and pluck take you from ordinary to extraordinary / Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. First edition.
pages cm
1. Success. 2. Success in business. 3. Determination (Personality trait) 4. Career development. I. Koval, Robin. II. Title.
BF637.S8K346 2015
650.1dc23
2015021014
ISBN9780804139120
eBook ISBN9780804139137
Cover design by Kalena Schoen
Cover paint texture: Itsmesimon/Shutterstock
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For my loving parents, Bertha and Marvin,
for teaching me the value of hard work and perseverance.
L INDA K APLAN T HALER
In loving memory of my parents, Marilyn and Seymour
the source and inspiration of my grit.
Thank you.
R OBIN K OVAL
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
V INCE L OMBARDI
Steve Jobs. Colin Powell. Michael Jordan. All famous individuals who excelled in their fields, and whose names have become synonymous with excellence and achievement. But apart from that you are probably unaware of any similarity between them. After all, what does one of the most transformational pioneers of the personal software industry have to do with leading troops into battle, or guiding Americas foreign policy? And what do the exploits of the greatest basketball player of his generation have to do with Silicon Valley or the Pentagon? But these three overachievers share one very surprising trait. All three were so ordinary growing up that virtually no one predicted their future greatness. They were all easily overlooked and dismissed, their talents grossly underestimated.
Steve Jobs had a 2.65 GPA in high school and never completed his first year of college. As a high school sophomore, Michael Jordan went home in tears after his basketball coach decided he wasnt good enough to make the cut for the schools varsity team. The future secretary of state and chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff trudged through high school with a very ordinary C average, and scant self-confidence. Not long ago, Colin Powell told an interviewer, I never thought I would be someone important. I was just a pretty average kid with average grades in an average home. There was nothing special about me.
So what was it that changed the course of Powells life? How is it that countless successful people dont display obvious special gifts, talent, or genius early on? How do you catch up in the game of life when you arent blessed with perfect scores on your SAT or an Ivy League education or a family fortune to give you a head start?
Emerging research suggests that there is far more to success in life than a country club pedigree or natural ability and sheer talent. Passion and perseverance, it turns out, matter more than talent or intelligence when it comes to being successful. For most of us, the corner office or professional kudos is the result of hard work, rather than exceptional genes. The endgame, it turns out, belongs to the truly diligent, not the merely talented. It belongs to those who have grit.
Grit is a somewhat old-fashioned term, resurrected from a previous century. But it is enjoying a remarkable renaissance these days. Why? Because it seems as if we are getting soft. Grit is about sweat, not swagger. Character, not charisma. Grit has been equated more with methodical stick-to-itiveness and survival than any secret ingredient to success. Which is too bad, because for so many, grit
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