Stop Doing Things the Hard Way with Dr. Angela Duckworth

Written By Christian Selden

58 min

When we’re struggling to reach a goal, most of us assume the answer is to buckle down and try harder. But what if all that white-knuckling is actually making things more difficult than they need to be?

Dr. Laurie speaks with psychologist Angela Duckworth, best known for her groundbreaking work on grit, about a surprising new approach to achievement. In her new book, Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, Angela explains why changing what’s around us can sometimes be more effective than trying to change ourselves.

Experts Mentioned:

  • Angela Duckworth, Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania 

  • Lee Ross, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University 

  • Richard Nisbett, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Michigan 

  • James Gross, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University 

  • Adrian Ward, Associate Professor of Marketing at University of Texas at Austin

  • Joseph Henrich, Professor of Biological Anthropology and Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University

  • Bob Bowman, Director of Swimming and Diving and Head Men’s Coach at University of Texas at Austin

  • Martin Seligman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania

  • Anders Ericsson, Professor of Psychology at Florida State University

  • Walter Mischel, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Columbia University

  • Reinhold Niebuhr, Protestant theologian

  • Viktor Frankl, Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist

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