Does Greatness Require Failure?

The Importance of Failure

Q: What do Henry Ford, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, J.K. Rowling, Abraham Lincoln, Michael Jordan, and Ludwig van Beethoven have in common?

A: Failure.

Grit: Hype or Substance?

Is Grit All It's Cracked Up to Be?

I've promoted the concept called "grit" on this blog in the past...more than once!

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What IS grit?

Secrets of success: Develop your grit like a SEAL

Secrets of success

Develop your grit like a Navy SEAL

I've posted about grit as the key to success before. The nice thing about grit is that you can increase it through practice! If you want to be successful, you'll need a good helping of grit-so it's helpful to start practicing now!

Picture courtesy Navy SEAL website:

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The Key to Success

The Key to Success

If you're at all like me, you've often wondered what the secret is to success. Why do some people, who are so blessed with intelligence, physical talent, and/or social support, fail where others--who lack these advantages--succeed? I've never seen a satisfactory explanation for this.

Until recently.