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Good summary on the concept of Grit and it's correlation to student success

My research examines two traits that predict success in life: grit and self-control. Grit is the tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward very long-term goals (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, & Kelly, 2007). Self-control refers to the voluntary regulation of behavioral, emotional, and attentional impulses (Duckworth, 2011).