Angela Duckworth
13 statements across 3 episodes · 7 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 20, 2021 by Angela Duckworth · said 3 times in 3 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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Apr 20, 2021 positive
Duckworth: People who actively seek feedback will reliably resolve their own problems
“Shane, I really truly believe that if somebody is eager for feedback, actively solicits feedback, tries to listen to the feedback, learn something from feedback. Those are the people I never worry about, right? Like, I've had students where they're like, reall…”
Apr 20, 2021 positive
Apr 20, 2021
Duckworth: Develop passions through iterative experimentation rather than following them
“I would say to you, like, if you change the verb from follow to develop, right, it gives you a little bit of a clue as to what you need to do, which is you need to like Start dating some things, right? And then like, you know, go on a second date with the ones…”
Apr 20, 2021 positive
Duckworth: Teaching situation modification outperforms willpower for student goal attainment
“So in that study, there was a control group that learned about willpower and how important it is to, like, you know, use willpower to accomplish your goals, and then there was a neutral control group, and what we found is that the condition that increased acad…”
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 20, 2021
Duckworth: Pursue work that feels effortless to you but drudgery to others
“So, so the idea of doing things that are playful for you, but drudgery for others in my class, the passion section of my grit lab course is called choose easy. And then there's another section called work hard, but I think that, you know, doing something that …”
Apr 20, 2021 positive
Duckworth: Elite athletes like Kobe and Brady intentionally maintain underdog mindsets
“Some of the most successful people, right? Like the you know, people like Kobe Bryant, like were able to maintain an underdog mindset or even Tom Brady, right? Long past the time where they, you could actually legitimately say that you're an underdog. They are…”
Apr 20, 2021 positive
Duckworth: Teaching grit cannot fix severe systemic educational barriers
“If you are asking questions about, like, you know, underachievement and, you know, closing the achievement gap, etc., and you know, the antidote that's offered is like, well, we should teach kids about growth mindset and grit and agency. Then you might be over…”
Apr 20, 2021 neutral
Duckworth: Fitbit study found no benefit to strict always-or-never goals
“So I will say this too, in the small amount of research I've done, cause we randomly assigned people to, for example, set a rule about how many steps they were going to take. And you know, these are Fitbit users that we Had recruited because they already had a…”
Apr 20, 2021 positive
Duckworth: Apparent laziness in kids often stems from lacking small mastery wins
“And if your kid is like driving you nuts because they are not taking risks and they seem to be, you know, afraid of failure and that, by the way, that sometimes looks like laziness, right? Even though it's underneath the surface, not at all laziness. Ask yours…”
Apr 20, 2021 neutral
Dec 21, 2021 positive
Jul 9, 2024
Shankar: Environmental Choice Architecture Radically Outperforms Willpower and Cognitive Reframing
“No semantic shift is gonna be that powerful to eliminate the willpower issues. I know Angela Duckworth focuses a lot on this. So that we don't have to employ willpower, we should really focus on the way that we design our lives and the choice architecture of o…”