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Mar 2024
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Angela Duckworth: The Gritty Road to Gro...

Guy Kawasaki
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In this episode of Remarkable People, host Guy Kawasaki continues his enlightening dialogue with Angela Duckworth, celebrating her second appearance on the podcast. The two dive into Angela’s “three boxes” model for understanding human behavior and discuss how changing situations can be the most effective lever for personal growth. Angela also shares behind-the-scenes insight into her popular podcast, No Stupid Questions, revealing her process for researching answers to listeners’ curious questions. Discover how Angela triangulates scientific findings, represents conflicting perspectives, and continually updates her understanding of human psychology and behavior. You’ll also get a taste for the show through a rapid-fire round of one-liner answers to some of the show’s recent questions. Along the journey, Angela tells a poignant story of her mother rediscovering artistic passion late in life that speaks to the remarkable transformational power within us all.

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