ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

True Grit

By Angela Lee Duckworth and Lauren Eskreis-Winkler — 2013

It may be obvious that effort and stamina are required to accomplish anything worthwhile in life. But how easy is it to forget this fact in moments when we feel tortoise-like relative to our seemingly hare-like peers?

Read on www.psychologicalscience.org

FindCenter Post-Image
15:36

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.

Video
2013
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life)

Every year, almost 4,000,000 students begin their freshman year at colleges and universities nationwide. Most of them will sleep less and stress out a whole lot more. By the end of the year, 30% of those freshmen will have dropped out.

Book
Dan Lerner, Alan Schlechter
2025
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
06:16

Successful Students DO NOT STOP! - Powerful Study Motivation

"There’s 24 hours in a day. The only thing that separates the people that win and the people that lose is what we do with those hours."

Video
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

No Limits: The Will to Succeed

For years the world has followed Michael Phelps’s progress from teen sensation in Sydney to bona fide phenom in Athens. Now he’s a living Olympic legend in Beijing with a peerless record of gold medals.

Book
Michael Phelps, Alan Abrahamson
2009
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
39:43

The Superhuman World of Wim Hof: The Iceman

Wim Hof first caught the attention of scientists when he proved he was able to use meditation to stay submerged in ice for 1 hour and 53 minutes without his core body temperature changing.

Video
Wim Hof
2015
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

No Excuses! The Power of Self-Discipline

Most people think success comes from good luck or enormous talent, but many successful people achieve their accomplishments in a simpler way: through self-discipline.

Book
Brian Tracy
2011
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Grit