In his book, "GRIT," Paul G. Stoltz, Ph.D., explains, "I used to be convinced that grit was just one of those qualities on a long list of stuff that everyone knows you need to succeed. I could not have been more wrong. GRIT isn't a nice-to-have item on the get-the-most-out-of-life list. It's the single most essential item on the list."
One of the main motives for writing the book is to mess with your head in a good way on your quest to craft an extraordinary life (business, family, team, education, relationships, etc). To help you radically rethink GRIT.
GRIT: Your capacity to dig deep, to do whatever it takes--especially struggle, sacrifice, even suffer--to achieve your most worthy goals.
Why GRIT?
GRIT Matters. Without it, nothing happens. Greatness suffocates. Dreams die. With it, nearly anything is possible.
GRIT Evolves. GRIT is like a rock you dig up with the toe of your boot on the trail. What looks at first to be minor and one-sided can be massive, deep, and multifaceted.
GRIT Trumps. On the job, GRIT has become Priority One. Ninety-eight percent of the 10,000 employers surveyed demand it over anything else--including skills and qualifications--in the people they seek to hire, retain, invest in, and promote.
GRIT Ignites. Your brightest ambitions, breakthrough ideas, compelling goals, disruptive innovations, fulfilling relationships, elevating possibilities--even your best-laid, most ingenious plans--utterly depend on GRIT.
GRIT Undergirds. It's the bedrock of relationships, progress, aspiration, achievement, and results.
GRIT Grows. Unlike a lot of traits, GRIT can be readily understood and measured, as well as permanently improved.
When it comes to GRIT and its consequences, leaders are the grand influencers and the great multipliers. In this way, they shape our course and history.
Source: Paul G. Stoltz Ph.D: GRIT: The New Science of What it Takes to Persevere, Flourish, Succeed