Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success Grit

Leaving a highflying 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. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less)