So how do you build the Spartan virtue of grit? How do you remain committed to your True North when you’re being pounded by adversity and receiving body blow after body blow of bad luck? Duckworth has a recipe. She says the four ingredients for grit are passion, practice, purpose, and hope. As you’ve already learned in this book, identifying your passion and following your True North are vital to success. Sometimes you have a lot of passions, as I did: The pool business, Wall Street, and endurance racing. That’s okay. Looking back, I see a through line that links all these interests in my
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