The missing link between intelligence and performance is grit, says Angela Lee Duckworth.
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LORI KNIGHTS's curator insight,
June 19, 2021 9:18 AM
Coaches need to realize they are role models for their players.....is this what we really want to teach them?! Â
Reginald Quince's curator insight,
November 1, 2015 10:48 AM
Sports can teach individuals so much more than just how to play a sport. With the right guidance it can teach valuable life lessons. |
nimber95burner@gmail.com's curator insight,
April 8, 2023 7:52 PM
SSG Kacer displays resiliency overcoming his personal challenges and manages his stress in a way that still allows him to perform at his highest level. |
Here's the comments I posted to this introspective article on Inc. Magazine's Website:
Angela calls it grit - I call it mental toughness. In addition to my executive search business, an active publishing platform, and a CEO forum speaking schedule that keeps me quite busy, I've found the time for the past decade to coach high school girls basketball.
A lot of my fundamental understanding of personal success and high performing teams comes from observing high school basketball players in this microcosm that is predictive of future success.
One of the greatest traits I've noticed in a decade of coaching basketball and in interviews with over 100,000 candidates - that separates high performers vs. lackluster performers is mental toughness - grit, effort, initiative, willing to do more than you're asked, getting back up on the horse when you're knocked off your saddle, perseverance - there's a high correlation between many of these success factors. The best - whether they are 13 year old girls entering high school basketball OR they are 55 year old senior executives - exhibit these traits on a consistent basis.
Once we acknowledge the importance of these traits to success, it begins to change our perspective on how we hire, what we measure in people, and as managers, executive, and coaches - how we help guide our teams to success.