Episode 028 Book Club: Grit by Angela Duckworth - Part 2: Growing Grit from the Inside Out.

Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Chrissy Myers (CEO of AUI https://auiinfo.com/ ) discuss part 2 of the book Grit by Angela Duckworth (Website: https://angeladuckworth.com/ ). Growing grit from the inside out.

0:00 Intro

2:03 Chrissy’s top 5 Strengths in Strengths Finder (Clifton Strengths)…

https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/strengthsfinder.aspx

13:17 Book Club: Grit Part 2 - “Growing from the inside out”

13:37 Character quality of grit: consistent action over time

16:15 How do you describe grit?

20:19 General take away on the book Grit as a whole

22:06 If you had read this book 20 years ago, how would you be different?

24:47 Variety vs. vocation

25:38 Job to career to calling

35:54 Professionals practice, amateurs don’t

42:01 Practice purpose intentionally, and deliberate practice

44:57 Book reference: Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

47:00 “Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It’s that simple, and it’s that hard.”

― Danny Meyer, Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

47:44 What things in your life have been grit generating?

50:08 ETC show choir shoutout https://etc-schoolofmusicalarts.org

52:50 After reading this book is there anything you will do differently in parenting?

1:01:30 Is it a good idea to have gritty employees?

1:04:00 How would you interview someone to find out if they are gritty? Ask “how” questions…

1:12:18 Book reference: Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

1:16:01 Book reference: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck - growth vs fixed mindset

1:19:21 Book reference: Personality isn’t permanent by Dr. Benjamin Hardy

1:20:14 Anything in the book that didn’t resonate with you?

1:21:30 Grit vs. Obsession

1:24:11 Grace is giving someone more time to get it right

1:25:40 Quote from the book, “As a psychologist, I can confirm that grit is far from the only-or even the most important-aspect of a person’s character.”

1:26:27 The three virtue clusters: will, heart, & mind

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