TED-Life is like a marathon🏃‍♀️

When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in management consulting for a job that was even more demanding: teaching. What struck me was that IQ was not the only difference between my best and my worst students. Some of my strongest performers did not have stratospheric IQ scores. Some of my smartest kids weren't doing so well. And that got me thinking. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit. Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint. 我27岁的时候，放弃了一份要求非常高的管理咨询工作，从事一份要求更高的工作：教书。 让我吃惊的是，智商并不是最好的学生和最差的学生之间的唯一区别。我的一些表现最好的学生并不是有很高的智商，而一些特别聪明的孩子却表现不太好。这让我陷入沉思。 它不是社交中的情商，不是美貌、身体健康，也不是智商。而是毅力。毅力是对长期目标的激情和坚持。毅力就是有耐力。毅力是坚定自己的未来，日复一日，不是一周，不是一个月，而是好多年，然后努力工作，让未来成为现实。毅力是把生活当成一场马拉松，而不是百米冲刺。