Is grit something you can learn? | Polly Morland

Changing who we are is hard to imagine, and even harder to actually do. But the good news is, it’s not impossibleThanks to the findings of the US psychologist Angela Duckworth, what gives you grit – and whether you can change to develop it – is very much on the agenda.We once intoned “Every day in every way, I’m getting better and better”, or we machinated about winning friends and influencing people. But we barely paused for breath before turning to the culti