The best predictor of success the researchers found was…

The best predictor of success the researchers found was the prospective cadets' readings on a non-cognitive non-physical trait, known as grit defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals. The experience of these army officers in training confirms the second law of mastery mastery is a pain.

— from The Relationship With Yourself (Traits/Reflection) · Drive by Daniel H Pink

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Grit. The Book of Proverbs says a righteous person falls seven times and gets up — and the whole point is that you become righteous only by not stopping. The single best predictor researchers found for who would make it through the hardest training was not talent or physical strength but grit: perseverance and passion for long-term goals. The trap to watch is impatience — as one teacher told his student, your problem is not that you don't want to be great; you do, you just want it to happen in a single day, and on that day you want to sleep. — The Relationship With Yourself (Traits/Reflection)

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