![]() Lucy, in fact, cycled through a half-dozen hard things. Even the decision to try ballet came after a discussion of various other classes my daughters could have chosen instead. Nobody picks it for you because, after all, it would make no sense to do a hard thing that you’re not even vaguely interested in. You can’t quit on a bad day.Īnd, finally, the Hard Thing Rule states that you get to pick your hard thing. ![]() In other words, you can’t quit on a day when your teacher yells at you, or you lose a race, or you have to miss a sleepover because of a recital the next morning. You must, at least for the interval to which you’ve committed yourself, finish whatever you begin. But you can’t quit until the season is over, the tuition payment is up, or some other “natural” stopping point has arrived. This brings me to the second part of the Hard Thing Rule: You can quit. She did ballet for years, but later quit. My older Amanda daughter has chosen playing the piano as her hard thing. Dad tries to get better and better at being a real estate developer he does the same with running. I have told my kids that psychological research is my hard thing, but I also practice yoga. A hard thing is something that requires daily deliberate practice. The first is that everyone-including Mom and Dad-has to do a hard thing. In our family, we live by the Hard Thing Rule. ![]() ![]() Why we love it: Angela Duckworth tells the story of her life-and the story of her success-from her perspective as a mother, psychological scientist, and former classroom teacher. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance ![]()
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