Grit vs. Persistence
"Grit in psychology is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual’s passion for a particular long-term goal or endstate coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective. This perseverance of effort promotes the overcoming of obstacles or challenges that lie within a gritty individual’s path to accomplishment and serves as a driving force in achievement realization."- Wikipedia
The other day while running this idea came to me. What is the difference? So I looked up the difference in Wikipedia. No help.
Then it hit me.
Imagine a piece of wood that has been cut to closely resemble a horse. Persistence is like a piece of cloth. You can use the cloth to rub the wood and the more you rub the shinier the wood will become.
Now imagine that same piece of wood. Grit is like a sandpaper. You can use the sandpaper to shape the wood. Even though at times it might take a while the sandpaper, depending on the grittiness, it will take layers of undesirable wood and the wood will assume the shape that you need it to become.
The combination is more powerful than either just grit or persistence. The wood needs to be cut into a shape. This is the beginning of the process. Next it needs to be shaped by taking pieces away by using the grit of the sandpaper until we have reached the final shape. Lastly, by rubbing it with a fine cloth all of the shaving left behind will be taken away and the horse will be polished into a marvelous looking horse.
Today's question is:
"What is persistence and what is grit to you?"
"Grit in psychology is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual’s passion for a particular long-term goal or endstate coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective. This perseverance of effort promotes the overcoming of obstacles or challenges that lie within a gritty individual’s path to accomplishment and serves as a driving force in achievement realization."- Wikipedia
The other day while running this idea came to me. What is the difference? So I looked up the difference in Wikipedia. No help.
Then it hit me.
Imagine a piece of wood that has been cut to closely resemble a horse. Persistence is like a piece of cloth. You can use the cloth to rub the wood and the more you rub the shinier the wood will become.
Now imagine that same piece of wood. Grit is like a sandpaper. You can use the sandpaper to shape the wood. Even though at times it might take a while the sandpaper, depending on the grittiness, it will take layers of undesirable wood and the wood will assume the shape that you need it to become.
The combination is more powerful than either just grit or persistence. The wood needs to be cut into a shape. This is the beginning of the process. Next it needs to be shaped by taking pieces away by using the grit of the sandpaper until we have reached the final shape. Lastly, by rubbing it with a fine cloth all of the shaving left behind will be taken away and the horse will be polished into a marvelous looking horse.
Today's question is:
"What is persistence and what is grit to you?"
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