Lesson 23 Grit is the key to success

(Angela Lee Duckworth: 【TED】The key to success Grit)

毅力是成功的关键
【1】So I left the classroom, and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist.

所以我离开了讲台，回到研究院成为一名心理学家。

【2】I started studying kids and adults in all kinds of super challenging settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why ?

我开始研究在各种非常具有挑战性的情况下的孩子和大人，在各项研究中，我的问题是：谁

才是成功 者，为什么他们会成功？

【3】My research team and I went to West Point Military Academy.

我和我的研究团队前往西点军校展开调研。

【4】We tried to predict which cadets would stay in military training and which would

drop out. 我们试图预测哪些学员能够耐得住军队的训练，哪些会被淘汰出局。

【5】We went to the National Spelling Bee and tried to predict which children would advance farthest in competition.

我们前去观摩全国拼字比赛，同时也试着预测哪些孩子会晋级 到最后的比赛。

【6】We studied rookie teachers working in really tough neighborhoods, asking which teachers are still going to be here in teaching by the end of the school year, and of those, who will be the most effective at improving learning outcomes for their students?

我们研究在恶劣的工作环境下工作的，刚入行的老师，询问他们哪些老师决定会在学年结束

后继续留 下来任教，以及他们之中谁能最快地提高学生的学习成绩。

【7】We partnered with private companies, asking, which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs ?

我们与私企合作，向他们询问哪些销售人员可以保住工作。 【8】And who's going to earn the most money?

哪些人可以赚钱最多？

【9】In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success.


在所有那些不同的情境下，一种性格特征凸显了出来，这种特征在很大程度上预 示了成功。

【10】And it wasn't social intelligence.

而且它并不是社交智力。

【11】It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't I.Q.

不是漂亮的外表，强健的体魄，也不是很高的 IQ。

【12】It was grit.

它是毅力。

【13】Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.

毅力是对长远目标的激情和坚持。

【14】Grit is having stamina.

毅力是拥有持久的恒劲。

【15】Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality.

毅力是你对未来的坚持，日复一日，而不仅仅是持续一个星期或者一个月，而是几年甚至几

十年努力奋斗着让自己的梦想变为现实。

【16】Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

毅力是把生活当成一场马拉松而不是一次短跑。