Angela Duckworth Says Successful People Share 1 Habit: They Ask for Help

Real grit means doing whatever your goal requires, including asking others for the knowledge, skills, or support you lack.

EXPERT OPINION BY MINDA ZETLIN, AUTHOR OF 'CAREER SELF-CARE: FIND YOUR HAPPINESS, SUCCESS, AND FULFILLMENT AT WORK' @MINDAZETLIN

What mental habit do successful people share? According to Angela Duckworth, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, UPenn professor, and bestselling author of Grit, they all are willing to ask for help. That’s a surprising message from her, to say the least. After all, she rose to fame with a TED Talk and book that used research to show that grit was the most powerful predictor of future success.

And yet, she argued in a recent New York Times editorial, asking for........

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