Acumen Presents: Angela Duckworth on Building Grit (Udemy.com)

Learn how you can build the habits of perseverance from an award-winning psychologist and MacArthur genius

Created by: Acumen Academy Courses

Produced in 2021

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What you will learn

  • Build the grit to tackle a long-term goal
  • Understand the defining characteristics of "grit paragons" and how you can incorporate their practices into your own life
  • Develop a goal hierarchy to structure the pursuit of your ambitions
  • Build a Deliberate Practice Plan to purposefully develop skills
  • Learn practical strategies to cultivate a growth mindset and sense of optimism

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

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Course Description

The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence called grit. This course will introduce you to research-grounded insights and practical strategies to become a more gritty personsomeone with the perseverance to power through difficult circumstances and drive change in the world. Taught by Angela Duckworth, a MacArthur Genius winner, bestselling author of Grit, and University of Pennsylvania psychologist, youll learn strategies to set the right goals, uncover your interests, implement deliberate practice in your daily life, cultivate a growth mindset, and find purpose in your work so that you can continue pursuing difficult challenges.

Through a series of video lectures, Angela will bring the lessons from her New York Times bestselling book and TED talk to life, offering stories and findings particularly relevant to social change makers trying to do hard things. Shell also share research-grounded insights relevant to everyone from entrepreneurs to parents to athletes to students to businesspeople who are trying to live up to their full potentialand help others do the same. Shell share practical tips and strategies to develop more grit in your daily life and youll gain a set of exercises and supplemental resources to start applying these lessons right away.

Who this course is for:
Anyone who wants to build their grit--their passion and perseverance for pursuing longterm goals.
Anyone who wants to help others build their grit.

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Instructor Details

Acumen Academy Courses

Acumenis changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing in companies, leaders and ideas. We invest patient capital in businesses whose products and services are enabling the poor to transform their lives. Founded by Jacqueline Novogratz in 2001, Acumen has invested more than $110 million in 102 companies across Africa, Latin America, South Asia and the United States. We are also developing a global community of emerging leaders with the knowledge, skills and determination to create a more inclusive world. In 2015, Acumen was named one of Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Companies.
Acumen Academy is the worlds school for social change. Our mission is to unleash a new generation of social innovators and leaders with the determination and grit to build a more just, inclusive and sustainable world. Blending the best of online and offline learning, we offer anyone, anywhere access to the practical tools, practices, resources and supportive community they need to achieve positive social change. With 700 Fellows and 500,000 course takers in 193 countries, the Acumen Academy community represents a new generation of social innovators and leaders committed to doing whats right in a world that loves easy.

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By Ana Rigel S. Souza on 5/5/2020

Excepcional!!!

By Kristin Simpson on 4/10/2020

This is great content. Very helpful!

By Mario Gutierrez on 3/22/2020

Having read Angela's book, this is a great supplement to understanding and defining grit.

By Yue Lin on 1/19/2020

Great content and resources to help apply the concepts discussed in the course.

By Natascha Jakob on 1/3/2020

I like this course a lot! And I'm looking foward to the rest of it and all the excerises that go with it. However, already having read her book, I'd hoped there would be even more material.

By Samir Khatani on 11/18/2019

This is a fantastic overview on the impact of grit and how it can be developed. My only concern is the lack of exercises around developing a growth mindset. With that said, you can google search fostering a growth mindset and pick up what you need to do on a daily basis to foster that.

By Stepheno O'Keefe on 11/14/2019

Good course but way too many short videos. Videos should be longer than a couple of minutes

By Donna Feyen on 10/16/2019

I enjoyed this session and found that Angela shared good information both thought provoking and actionable.

By Mark Hugh Sam on 10/12/2019

its been good to review the concepts in the books and hear Duckworth highlight the important points and explain what she means.

By Gyo-Hyoung Lee on 8/6/2019

BRIEF, CLEAR, EASY TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT.

By Gabriel Radebe on 7/20/2019

I love at how the material is paced out, I am following at my own pace and I am enjoying the content.

By Marcela Patricia Cendejas on 7/5/2019

Very easy to follow