Forbes – Frances Bridges
“Though they are not glorified like their successes, every extraordinarily successful person has failed horribly, usually more than once, in their professional career. In many ways it defined them…Angela Duckworth, an assistant professor of psychology of University of Pennsylvania concluded in her research that academic success has more to do with grit and motivation than being born right. In her TED Talk, she discussed how her research showed that students/kids with the most grit and motivation usually are not the ones with the most talent…So this new year, I wish you a lot of failure and the perseverance to fight it, because failure is merely a step toward success.”(more)