The SelfWork Podcast
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
495 SelfWork: Grit: What It Takes to Fight Chronic Mental Illness
26 minutes Posted Apr 24, 2026 at 5:00 am.
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Grit. What is it? How do you develop it? And how is it important for battling mental illness? And what role does it play in both outer success and inner victory?
These are the questions we're going to answer today on SelfWork.
Here's leading author Angela Duckworth 's definition of grit, described in her Ted talk.
"Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint."
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