Feeling Stuck? The Proven Method to Break Free with Psychologist Angela Duckworth

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Most of us have been taught that when something is not working, the answer is more discipline, more willpower, and more effort. Angela Duckworth, the University of Pennsylvania psychologist and bestselling author of Grit, built her career studying that idea. Her new book, Situated, asks us to look at everything surrounding that effort. In this conversation, she explains how the people, places, objects, and cultures around us shape our motivation, behavior, and even who we become. Angela shares the terrifying moment she nearly lost her mother during a snorkeling trip—and why it taught her to stop fighting the current and ask for help. She also opens up about a difficult period in her…