I say: read this book. You will not find anywhere here that Grit is about “sucking it up and getting it done”. Angela Duckworth writes: “This book has been my way of taking you out for a coffee and telling you what I know”. This book is filled with the science of Grit, as well as countless stories about Grit. The stories stick. I will have to read the book again to internalize the science of it all. I suggest you start the book with the conclusion. It gives readers a great outline of what the book is about, without giving it all away. In the conclusion Is the best part about this book “. To be gritty is to hold fast to an interesting and purposeful goal. To be gritty is to invest, day after week after year, in challenging practice. I would give this book 4.5 stars out of 5