“I know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes - not necessarily because these people are going to be doing pushups or spiking volleyballs in the workplace, but because they're looking for that continuity, that person who was gritty about something.”

American psychologist and author

Angela Lee Duckworth is an American psychologist, academic, and popular science author. She is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work focuses on grit and self-control, subjects she has studied and written about for a wide audience. She also founded Character Lab, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the science and practice of character development.