What Is Grit? Do You Have It? Do Your Children Have It?
Several years ago, an executive for a national non-profit and I were discussing the difference between the low-income students who overcome long odds to enroll in and graduate from college -- and those who drop out of college or never enroll. He told me that he believed the difference was "grit."
Since that conversation, I have noticed that this topic has become more commonplace. Books and articles have been written about grit in the past few years. A few recent studies strongly suggest