MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Self-Reports Spur Self-Reflection

The act of answering survey questions can increase awareness, which opens the door to development.

I wanted to see whether grit — the combination of passion and perseverance toward long term goals — would predict achievement in the 21st century. I was curious about how this aspect of our character relates to age, gender, and education. I wanted to unpack grit’s motivational, behavioral, and cognitive underpinnings. In short, my aim was to study grit scientifically. To do so, I needed to measure it.