Angela Duckworth
I learned of the book through Duckworth’s appearance on Modern Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1S_GIfXgs. Conceptually, there weren’t many new ideas, but the importance of an environment that enables growth was important to highlight. It’s still the case that grit is necessary for high achievement, but it needs to be complemented with a situation. I was hopeful for the section about being a mentor magnet but a little disappointed with the section itself. Its an area that I want to address, but I don’t feel much better prepared to attract mentors having read it.
If you find yourself not doing the work that you think you should be doing, don’t just hope willpower will solve it. Create circumstances that make it easier to do the right thing. This has some overlap with Atomic Habits.