Grit Is Not As Important as You Think

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This study challenges the wide-held belief that grit is more important than intelligence for success. Most of the studies on grit look at relatively homogenous groups (West Point Cadets) rather than a representative sample (all 10th graders from a school district).

The study found for educational success, the unique variance explained by intelligence was 16–30 times higher than the unique variance…