Imagine for a moment two children—we can call them Fred and Steve—who are learning to play the piano. Fred and Steve are equally talented young musicians, and when they sit down to practice, they give ...

With anything you start, from a sport to a business, passion is the initial driving force behind the desire and ambition to create a plan of attack, but people can lose that passion without grit and ...

I first learned about grit many years ago when I competed in our district’s annual music contest as a fifth grader. I played the clarinet and was going to perform a solo. The day of my performance ...

Something my college coach talks a lot about is grit. Elite swimmers are not purely just the most talented swimmers. They tend to boast the most grit, or ability to reach down for something special.

So why do some people push through obstacles that would make others quit? Psychologist Angela Duckworth has spent years ...

So many things go into making a successful entrepreneur, it can be a fool’s errand to attempt to figure out what is, or is not, essential. That’s because so few entrepreneurial paths overlap. Some ...

CHICAGO -- It’s been more than a year since Paul Tough’s best-selling book “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character” revolutionized how we think of achievement. Today, ...

Amy Chua, the “Tiger Mother” who launched a thousand panic attacks among ambitious but lenient parents, is back with an almost-great book about why some groups achieve spectacular success in America ...

Going once, going twice — sold! The art of being an auctioneer is not for the faint of heart, and one woman is proving that time and time again. Lydia Fenet has been an auctioneer for over 20 years.