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In all of these different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a predictor for success. It wasn't social intelligence, good looks, IQ, or physical health. It was "grit," which the dictionary also defines as "mentally toughness."

 

Duckworth describes this quality in successful people as "perseverance and passion to achieve long-term goals; having stamina; sticking with your future day in and day out and working hard to make that future a reality; a marathon not a sprint.”

Her studies have shown that there is a correlation between mental toughness and self-control. To achieve those long-term goals there are things mentally tough people avoid. Here are seven of those:

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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack ObamaCourage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absense of fear. Mark TwainYour life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. Jim RohnI've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Maya AngelouThe only reason we don't have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can't have them. Tony Robbins

 

 

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1. I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly

You awake to a new, beautiful, and sunny day. The birds are singing and you are feeling amazing. As you bounce out of bed,you realize that you are a manager and leader—inspirational and empowered. A song comes to your lips and you start singing.

“There are miracles in life I must achieve, but first, I know it starts inside of me. Oh, if I can see it, then I can be it. If I just believe it, there's nothing to it. I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky. I think about it every night and day; spread my wings and fly away. I believe I can soar. I see me running through that open door.”

And with that you run through the door and to your car.

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