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Summary: Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur genius grant recipient Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial, such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments. Drawing on her own story as the daughter of a scientist who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 DUCDuckworth, Tammy
Summary: The Iraq War veteran traces her impoverished childhood, her decision to join the Army, the months spent recovering from the RPG attack that shot down her helicopter and nearly took her life, and her subsequent mission of serving in elected office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUCKWORTH, TAMMY DUCCopies Available at Peninsula
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Summary: The author describes how she created a romantic garden for her home, the Lent Riker Smith Homestead, and how to apply these ideas to one's own garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2004