# Grit: The power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth

An episode of [TED Talks Daily](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/160904630), 6 Sep 2026, 10 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67587e77c705e441797aff96/e/6a95ca40cbb5391397247423/media.mp3

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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