Meta: How gritty are you?
I was listening to a leadership seminar this afternoon. The speaker started discussing why people of similar IQ can have different career outcomes or results. His explanation for this mentioned two important trends:
- *Attention to grit
- Attention to star performers
Obviously, the first item caught my attention. The asterisk was for a note at the bottom of the slide that read, "*Take the grit assessment at https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/testcenter.
Go to about halfway down that page and you will see a link to test your grit. (All this time, I thought all I had to do was look in the mirror to determine my grit.)
After creating an account and taking the test (how gritty is that?) I got the following feedback:
Grit is perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Our research suggests that grittier individuals accomplish very difficult challenges – see http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~duckwort/research.htm for more information.
Thank you for your kind contribution to this research.
Jun 21, 2017Score Range : 1 to 5The Grit Survey : 4.75
That grit score of 4.75 puts me in the top 98% of gritty people.
So yeah you could call me a student of the game
I used to be a 5.0 hardore grit eating motherfucker but after the invention of microwave popcorn & Netflix now I'm a 2...damnit
had blacktopped the driveway. So she's gritty.
Most Improved
Mr. Inspirational
Charlie Hustle
I am as gritty as pheasant shit.
I tried to register a few times but the site kept reporting an error so I stopped and likely won't try again. Guess I'm not gritty at all...
That's probably the test.
Well I showed them as I created 19 accounts today. Too much???
I'm a coach's kid and would consider myself a mild student of the game, however I don't think anyone would ever describe me a lunchpail guy. High sports IQ and cerebral, but neither scrappy nor a gym rat. I try to play the game the right way, but probably average motor and not much of a grinder. Maybe a 2.5?
ouch
2 dunks is good for 2 grits on the Grit Scale.
I'm Aaron Craft diving on the floor (with a jammed pinky) while down 12 with 30 seconds to go gritty.
Can you believe in the not so distant past...we were the #3 team in the country? ...and OSU was #10?!
does that make me gritty? and if it does, then hats off to our vets who got into it overseas. many of them would be a 5 x 5.
I am concerned many people are not grit aware.
I'm only somewhat athletic, so ... 80 grit?
if you ask me.
As in gritty, gym rat, student of the game, etc....
Grit... I'm 5'5", white, and played bball in HS. I qualified in submarines in 7 months, under the Arctic ice cap. Circumnavigated the globe in 15 minutes. Taught myself enough engineering stuff to make a good living in a degree dominated world. Taught myself enough plumbing and carpentry to not need repair calls.
Too lazy to register for the test. Guess I'm not all that...
but I'm not sure that is a problem.
Perhaps a typo but given extant technology you cannot actually orbit the earth - the fastest modality for now - within 15 minutes time. And 15 minutes angular is outside the context you have expressed. You didn't even have to buy this clue but it's here for you anyway.
Who said anything about orbit? I did mention submarines. I circled the globe by running around the north pole, submerged, in 15 minutes.
Next time try reading for comprehension before you attempt to be all high and mighty...
I thought that I was pretty gritty for a while... Turns out that I just needed to take a shower.
I've found that a flexible moral compass and the abiity to swallow my pride when kissing up has more to do with my success.
One of the more unusual humblebrags I have observed on MGoBlog.
Yo mama uses me as a backscratcher. And yo mama so gritty the navy ships use her for sandpaper. Our navy so gritty ...
/chris_rock
I'm beyond gritty.
and play above their years on true grit like their coach! May be they will make the playoffs.