Grit And Determination: The Path To A Successful Life

For instance, one who comes from hardship certainly can work through and excel in a way some call unbelievable due to grit. A passionate individual who stays committed to a long term goal will not have things handed to them by chance, but will work hard to achieve challenging goals. By being steadfast, one’s tenacity is admirable especially when becoming triumphant against all odds. As Angela Duckworth, professor of psychology, states in her best seller Grit, “The highly accomplished are gratified by the chase as much as the capture. Even if some of the things they had to do were boring, frustrating, or even painful, they wouldn’t dream of giving up”. Duckworth states the truth about the successful - they are successful on their very own means.
For example, The Other Wes Moore, a memoir, follows two boys both named Westley Moore, from childhood to college. Both grew up fatherless in Baltimore with troubled pre-teen and teen years through experimenting with drugs and not making school a priority. The author changed his path to become a Rhodes scholar. The “other” Wes Moore is currently serving a life sentence in prison for murder. What was the difference in their diverging paths? The author changed when his mother sent him to military school - a poor student prior, he attended Oxford University. It was at Oxford he heard of police searching for a ‘Wes Moore’ in Baltimore. That Wes Moore, at age 22, already had four children. The book shows that Wes attempted to quit drug dealing, but it was the only way to bring in a steady income for his children. That was just the beginning of Wes’ downfall. With this point, it is proven that anyone who is dedicated can fight their way out of calamity and achieve the utmost amount of greatness. To do so, the individual must find what their interest is, practice it, figure out its purpose, then hope in terms of dedication, as it is vital to keep going when the going gets tough. It is expressed from a young age that anyone can be whatever they wish to be, and frankly, to be fortunate in any means does not come easy, yet it also is not
However in order to achieve such status it is important to understand that, “grit isn’t just working incredibly hard. That’s only part of it. There are no shortcuts to excellence. And then you’ve got to apply those skills and produce goods or services that are valuable to people”. Despite the belief that success is granted by external forces, the fact is through passion and perseverance, those who are truly determined will succeed in their