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What Actually Makes People Stick With Things
Episode 5689
Published 4 days, 6 hours ago
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Most perseverance advice is inspirational noise. The actual research says grit is perseverance AND passion, that willpower isn't what keeps people going, and that sunk cost works on your need to act, not your belief in the work. Drawing on Angela Duckworth's founding grit study, a 127-study meta-analysis, and a preregistered replication of the marshmallow test, this episode digs into what separates healthy persistence from grinding — and why the fast win is so hard to resist.
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