Grit - passion and perseverance

Hi, My name is Malathi Boggavarapu, an engineer by profession. I like to always gather insights on different general things happen in our lives. 

The one that inspired me today is an article in linkedin on Grit which is researched and published by Angela Duckworth. After reading the bottom line of Grit authored by her, i was intrigued to know bit more about her. She is an American academic, psychologist and popular science author and also Founder and CEO of Character lab. Read more.

So what is Grit? It is a mix of passion and perseverance. Passion is a burning interest towards your goal or a particular thing whereas perseverance is the persistence to keep on working on your passions until you succeed. The strength in the mix of passion and perseverance help us to achieve success both in personal and professional life.

The more grittier you are, the more you can succeed in all the things.

But there is onething we should be cautioned about. You know what? That is relaxing after you gain success. Once we reach success point, we should never relax but we should continue working at the same pace to keep it. After all we were born to work all the time besides resting for a while. Infact Rest or break takes primary importance in life to regain our strengths and recharge our batteries ;) so that we come back more stronger, healthier and sharper.

I also read some of the criticisms on the book written by her on Grit. Some people think that the construct is similar to the conscientiousness. But after reading about it, i feel that grit is more like simpler or shorter version of conscientiousness and also i like very much the word passion. It simply states the  burning feeling or strong emotion towards some goal to achieve. Infact everyone should know about their passions in their lives to do extra ordinary things even in extra ordinary times.

Now i run out of insights on this topic. Thanks for reading this. Take care and be happy!