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Getting your "Grit" on
cubbie_girl
Posts: 99 Member
My First Sgt likes to send inspiring messages out to us about once a week. I thought I'd go ahead and share today's message with all of you. Enjoy!
"I thought I'd share the following message I rec'd from a great CMSgt mentor:
An executive summary from "How to Get True Grit":
Grit, say psychologists, is the quality that makes us willing to commit to long-term goals and see them through despite adversity...it is tenacity and a meld of other qualities like optimism, discipline and self-motivation. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania who have extensively studied resilience and grit say that grit is even more important than intelligence or talent when it comes to succeeding in school, work, and at other tasks.
Grit-building behaviors include:
PURSUE YOUR PASSION. The things we are passionate about also involve challenge and adversity - passion will help you persevere -- which is gritty behavior.
PRACTICE. Get better. Refine, revise all along the way. The people who have the grit needed to succeed, also know it takes hard work.
PUSH ON. There will be setbacks that make you want to quit; by pushing on even when you feel like throwing in the towel, you'll actually get stronger.
FIND SUPPORT. Read something inspiring or take on a five-minute practice to remind yourself that you can prevail."
"I thought I'd share the following message I rec'd from a great CMSgt mentor:
An executive summary from "How to Get True Grit":
Grit, say psychologists, is the quality that makes us willing to commit to long-term goals and see them through despite adversity...it is tenacity and a meld of other qualities like optimism, discipline and self-motivation. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania who have extensively studied resilience and grit say that grit is even more important than intelligence or talent when it comes to succeeding in school, work, and at other tasks.
Grit-building behaviors include:
PURSUE YOUR PASSION. The things we are passionate about also involve challenge and adversity - passion will help you persevere -- which is gritty behavior.
PRACTICE. Get better. Refine, revise all along the way. The people who have the grit needed to succeed, also know it takes hard work.
PUSH ON. There will be setbacks that make you want to quit; by pushing on even when you feel like throwing in the towel, you'll actually get stronger.
FIND SUPPORT. Read something inspiring or take on a five-minute practice to remind yourself that you can prevail."
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Thanks! This article is great timing, because I have been struggling this week and had to remind myself that motivation isn't going to fall from the sky; I have to just do it sometimes.0
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