Psychologist and CEO, Character Lab
Angela Lee Duckworth is a psychologist and educator known for her research on grit and self-control as predictors of success. She is the author of 'Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance'.
"Work hard and you'll get there" is one of the most repeated promises in public life — but does the evidence actually support it? Malcolm Gladwell, Robert Putnam, and Angela Duckworth examine whether meritocracy is real, or whether opportunity, timing, and socioeconomic circumstance were always doing most of the work.
