When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in management consulting for a job that was even more demanding: teaching.在我27岁的时候，我辞去了一份非常有挑战性的职业，企业管理咨询，转而投入了一份更加具有挑战性的职业：教育。I went to teach seventh graders math in the New York City public schools.我来到纽约的一些公立学校教7年级的学生的数学。And like any teacher, I

After several more years of teaching, I came to the conclusion that what we need in education经过几年教学之后，我得出一个结论，我们在教育方面所需要的是is a much better understanding of students and learning from a motivational perspective, from a psychological perspective.从学习动力的角度和心理学的角度，对学生和学习行为进行一次更为深刻的理解。In education, the on

Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina.毅力是对长远目标的激情和坚持。毅力是拥有持久的恒劲。Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month,毅力是你对未来的坚持，日复一日，不是仅仅持续一个星期或者一个月，but for years, and working really hard to make that future a r

If I asked you to name a microbe that&#39s living in your gut, many of you would probably say E. coli.如果请你举例说出一个生活在你肠道里的微生物，很多人可能会说大肠杆菌。A lot of people say this. It&#39s the best-known of the gut microbes.确实很多人都这么说。大肠杆菌是最有名的肠道微生物。But it turns out that E. coli is outnumbered in your gut about a thous

So far, the best idea I&#39ve heard about building grit in kids is something called &quotgrowth mindset.&quot到目前为止，我所听说过的在孩子身上培养坚韧品质最有效的方法叫“成长型思维模式。”This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Carol Dweck,斯坦福大学卡洛杜威克提出过一个观点，and it is the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed, that it

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