interests are not discovered through introspection. Instead, interests are triggered by interactions with the outside world. - Angela Duckworth

Second, they knew in a very, very deep way what it was they wanted. They not only had determination, they had direction.

To be gritty is to keep putting one foot in front of the other. To be gritty is to hold fast to an interesting and purposeful goal. To be gritty is to invest, day after week after year, in challenging practice. To be gritty is to fall down seven times, and rise eight.

As a colleague of mine likes to joke: some people get twenty years of experience, while others get one year of experience . . . twenty times in a row.