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Grit & goal setting

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Never, Ever Give Up | Diana Nyad

In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that’s how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida—at age 64. Hear her story.

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My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

Elena Delle Donne, 2015 WNBA MVP and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, shares her inspirational story of being a young basketball prodigy who gave up an impressive basketball scholarship for family and self-discovery.

Elena Delle Donne

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Epictetus: How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions (Stoicism)

In this video we will be talking about The 10 ways to keep our New Year’s Resolutions from the writings of Epictetus. Epictetus was one of the most influential teachers of the later years of the school of Stoicism.

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FindCenter When suddenly you seem to lose all you thought you had gained, do not despair. You must expect setbacks and regressions. Don’t say to yourself ‘All is lost. I have to start all over again.’ This is not true. What you have gained you have gained. . . .

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Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists

If you care about social change but hate feel-good platitudes, Do It Anyway is the book for you.

Courtney E. Martin

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Build Mental Endurance Like a Pro

Athletes who have endured the most grueling tests have a lot to tell us about how to thrive in the pandemic.

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How to Reach Your Goals | Angela Duckworth

Who succeeds in life? In this talk, Angela Duckworth presents her influential work on grit-the tendency to pursue long-term goals with perseverance and passion. She describes the predictive power of grit for performance in a variety of fascinating contexts.

Angela Duckworth

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FindCenter We must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us.

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Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World

What really distinguishes the people who literally change the world -- those creative geniuses who give us one breakthrough after another? What differentiates Marie Curie or Elon Musk from the merely creative, the many one-hit wonders among us? Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts...

Melissa A. Schilling

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You Are a Badass Every Day: How to Keep Your Motivation Strong, Your Vibe High, and Your Quest for Transformation Unstoppable

You Are a Badass Every Day is the accountability buddy you can keep in your back pocket to power through obstacles, overcome the doubts that hold you back from greatness, and keep the fires of determination roaring while you reach your goals.

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