Cultivating your curiosity and interests, practicing hard to become a master at your craft or subject, defining your purpose in something greater than yourself, and remaining hopeful will lead to an increase in your grit and your ability to accomplish what you set out to do. Sounds a lot like the mind-sets of a great job and life designer. Research shows that working on this every day is a much better use of your time than viewing cat videos or watching the clock or complaining about your job. Okay, maybe there’s not official research correlating cat-video-watching to grit cultivation, but if
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