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I think that is just a limitation of any questionnaire - that we apply a frame of reference or standard. It's a well-known finding in psychology that when people are total beginners at a skill, they tend to overrate their skill level. They don't know what they don't know. The more expert you are, the more critical you become.
— Angela Duckworth
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If you are a young person who is wanting to develop a passion, you cannot expect anyone else to tell you what that passion would be.
— Angela Duckworth
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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
— Angela Duckworth
Tags: i-think, values, think, words
Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.
— Angela Duckworth
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There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
— Angela Duckworth
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Boredom is a very self-conscious emotion by definition. Interest is not. So you can actually be completely absorbed in something and, at certain points in your development, not even realize that you're into it.
— Angela Duckworth
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