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How to Overcome Your Mistakes

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Reflect on a personal success

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TED Talk: Grit

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Carol Dweck

Deliberate Practice Makes Perfect

My Values

Identify your values and write about why they are important to you.

Expert Practice for Classrooms

Help students build incrementally toward mastery.

Finding Focus

Classroom Poster

“How to Become Great at Just About Anything”

Freakonomics podcast

“How to Get More Grit in Your Life”

Freakonomics podcast

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

How to Teach Character

How Interest Leads to Passion

Growth Mindset for Ninth Graders

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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth
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