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Analysis Of The Truth About Grit By Jonah Lehrer

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In the article “The Truth About Grit” by Jonah Lehrer, the author discusses the true meaning and tells how important grit is in society. The author explains to us how grit works and what do people use it for. Jonah Lehrer gives us examples about people who found what grit really tells us. Many people who study grit such as, Angela Duckworth have been testing and observing students of West Point of their “grittiness” by mental and physical tests. Her results were a success when she found that the cadets score are all the same. According to many results in IQ tests, scientists found out that IQs don’t require intelligence, Instead it mostly depends on grit and conscientiousness. The whole grit means that intelligence or talent doesn’t

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