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Grit is a key factor for success in life. Grit is a mindset of not giving up. Grit can be learned, but it is often influenced by our parents and our surroundings. In the TED talk “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” Angela Duckworth explained what will help you succeed in life and she called it Grit, which is dined as passion and perseverance. Passion and perseverance are not qualities that everybody has. Not everybody who sets a long-term goal achieves it. People who have passion and perseverance are most likely to succeed in life because passion is what gives us the ability to stick to a goal for a long period of time. Perseverance is the motivation to continue pursing our goals. Grit is keeping your goal for years and working hard to make that future a reality. The main point of this TED Talk is that having grit is what will help you. She asks herself, “who is successful and why?”. She found that people who succeed in life are those who have grit. She emphasized that talent or social intelligent is not what will lead you to success, but the key that will help you succeed are passion and perseverance. Angela Duckworth explained in her speech that a growth mindset is great for building grit. A growth mindset are those people that do not believe that failure is a permanent condition. In my point of view, those people who have a growth mindset are more likely to be successful in life. She built credibility by saying that she went to graduate school to become a psychologist and started studying kids and adults in all kinds of challenging settings. Grit seems to be more focused on mental toughness to be consistent....