"The predictive power of follow-through was striking: **After controlling for high school grades and SAT scores, follow-through in high school extracurriculars predicted graduating from college with academic honors better than any variable**. Likewise, follow-through was the single best predictor of holding an appointed or elected leadership position in young adulthood. And, finally, better than any of the more than one hundred personal characteristics Willingham had measured, **follow-through predicted notable accomplishments for a young adult in all domains, from the arts and writing to entrepreneurism and community service**. "Notably, **the particular pursuits to which students had devoted themselves in high school didn’t matter**—whether it was tennis, student government, or debate team. **The key was that students had signed up for something, signed up again the following year, and during that time had made some kind of progress**. --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]]. [[resilience]], [[consistency]], [[parenting]], [[adversity]], [[habits]], [[routines]], [[hobbies]] **Source** -- [[20241030 - B - Grit]]