2. Grit : The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Finding this passion is in most cases a process of discovery, followed by a lengthier period of interest development, cultivation, and refinement. What separates the grittiest from the rest is their capacity to stick at interests for the long term identifying nuances that keep them intere...

A good strategy works by harnessing power and applying it where it will have the greatest effect.

The fundamental sources of power:

• Leverage
• Proximate objectives
• Chain-link systems
• Design
• Focus
• Growth
• Advantage
• Dyn...

• Winners quit fast and often when a plan is not a good fit. The sunken cost fallacy might try to sway our decisions, but the “willingess to jetisson” (quit and switch paths when they are no longer a quality match for us) is a key trait for late specialization...