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May 2017
19m 21s

#099 The Secret Ingredient - A TED TALK...

KEVIN CONWELL
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Get the transcript at www.feelgoodenglish.com

Today we are going to talk about a video, a TED Talk called The power of passion and perseverance, by professor and author Angela Lee Duckworth. And in this talk, she talks about a characteristic, a very important, a vital characteristic that successful people have.

It’s not how smart you are, it’s not how good you look, it’s something else and I’m going to talk about that in this TED Talk today.

We can't let our feelings of failure stop us and keep us from improving, grit

will get you through this. Long term thinking, power through these feelings of inferiority and know that you are improving, your brain is growing through these challenges. And if you continue to work on it, get through the struggle, you will see improvements.

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