The definition of grind (grit) I've chosen to use is: "working longer without switching objectives;
hard work plus concentration."
hard work plus concentration."
For more on grit, there's a great article about Duckworth visiting Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks organization. For even more, check out her book Grit: The Power and Passion of Perseverance. I have not read it yet, but it comes highly recommended and it's on my list.
Related to the topic, I came across this line in Eugene Peterson's Run with the Horses: "The mark of a certain kind of genius is the ability and energy to keep returning to the same task relentlessly, imaginatively, curiously, for a lifetime." Peterson made that statement in 1983 about the prophet Jeremiah. Grit may be a newly popularized term, but it's certainly not a new idea.
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