On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Dr Angela Duckworth, a professor at Penn. She’s a co-founder of Character Lab, the author of Grit, a bestseller that reveals the secret to achievement is passion and persistence; and the co-host with the No Stupid Questions podcast with Stephen Dubner.

Links

• Character Lab
• No Stupid Questions podcast
• Grit
• US Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Youth Mental Health
• SXSW Session
• Sean Talamas
• James Heckman
• DSST Shared Values
• Posts by Bjork and Bjork