毅力是成功的关键

Grit:Thepowerofpassionandperseverance（如遇音频播放卡顿，可...

What struck me was that IQ was not the only difference between my best and my worst students. Some of my strongest performers did not have stratospheric IQ scores. Some of my smartest kids weren't doing so well.

让我震惊的是，IQ的高低并不是我最好的和最差的学生之间唯一的差别。 一些在课业上表现很好的学生并不具有非常高的IQ分数。 一些非常聪明的孩子反而在课业上表现的不那么尽如人意。After several more years of teaching, I came to the conclusion that what we need in education is a much better understanding of students and learning from a motivationalperspective, from a psychological perspective. In education, the one thing we know how to measure best is IQ. But what if doing well in school and in life depends on much more than your ability to learn quickly and easily?

经过几年教学之后， 我得出一个结论，我们在教育方面所需要的是从学习动力的角度和心理学的角度， 对学生和学习行为进行一次更为深刻的理解。 在教育体系中， 我们都知道评价优秀学生的标准就是IQ， 但如果在学校和生活中的优秀表现远不仅仅依赖于你轻松高效学习的能力呢？In all those very different contexts, one characteristicemerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit.

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。 而且它并不是社交智商。 不是漂亮的外表，强健的体魄，也不是很高的IQ。 它是毅力。Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. 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. Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

毅力是对长远目标的激情和坚持； 毅力是拥有持久的力量； 毅力是你对未来的坚持，日复一日，不是仅仅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。毅力是把生活当成一场马拉松而不是一次短跑。So far, the best idea I've heard about building grit in kids is something called "growthmindset." This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Carol Dweck, and it is the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed, that it can change with your effort. Dr. Dweck has shown that when kids read and learn about the brain and how it changes and growsin response to challenge, they're much more likely to persevere when they fail, because they don't believe that failure is a permanent condition.

到目前为止，我所听说过的在孩子身上培养坚韧品质最有效的方法叫“成长型思维模式。” 斯坦福大学Carol Dweck,提出过一个观点。 他相信人的学习能力是可变的， 它随着你的努力程度而变化。 Dweck博士表示，当孩子们阅读和学习有关大脑的知识，以及大脑在面对挑战时是如何变化和成长时， 他们失败之后更容易坚持下去， 因为他们不相信会一直失败下去。

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