How to Build a Life and Business You Love

Here is an excerpt of my guest blog post on Braving Business. To read the entire post click here.

Here are some insights I’ve gathered about resilience and perseverance from my journey in entrepreneurship and from conversing with hundreds of entrepreneurs on my podcast:

 You are Going to Need Grit

Angela Duckworth, a Psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, studied the psychology of success and found that Grit is a key factor in determining someone’s success. There are four qualities of grit: 

1. Doing work that interests you (Interest)

2. The willingness to improve with a positive mindset (Practice)

3. Having a purpose that contributes to the well-being of others

4. Possessing hope, overcoming adversity, and viewing it as temporary.