Grit (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) - Paperback

by Harvard Business Review (Author), Angela L. Duckworth (Author), Misty Copeland (Author)

In the face of hardship, you need perseverance and determination.

You need grit. But how do you build it?

This book explores how you can persist in difficult situations. You'll learn how to convince yourself to do hard things, find support in trying circumstances, and know when you're pushing yourself too hard.

This volume includes the work of:

• Angela Duckworth
• Misty Copeland
• Shannon Huffman Polson
• Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

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