Grit Is The Stubborn Refusal To Quit.

[it's] Troubling Because It Reminds Us How Difficult It Is To Prove Anything. We Like To Pretend That Our Experiments Define The Truth For Us. But That's Often Not The Case. Just Because An Idea Is True Doesn't Mean It Can Be Proved. And Just Because An Idea Can Be Proved Doesn't Mean It's True. When The Experiments Are Done, We Still Have To Choose What To Believe.

Rejection Process Is Not Fun. It's The Red Pen On The Page, The Discarded Sketch, Sometimes Is The Only Way Forward.

Distance And Difference Are The Secret Tonic Of Creativity. When We Get Home, Home Is Still The Same. But Something In Our Mind Has Been Changed, And That Changes Everything.

For Too Long, We've Assumed That There Is A Single Template For Human Nature, Which Is Why We Diagnose Most Deviations As Disorders. But The Reality Is That There Are Many Different Kinds Of Minds. And That's A Very Good Thing.

Even When Alternative Views Are Clearly Wrong, Being Exposed To Them Still Expands Our Creative Potential. In A Way, The Power Of Dissent Is The Power Of Surprise. After Hearing Someone Shout Out An Errant Answer, We Work To Understand It, Which Causes Us To Reassess Our Initial Assumptions And Try Out New Perspectives. “authentic Dissent Can Be Difficult, But It’s Always Invigorating,” Nemeth Says. “it Wakes Us Right Up.”