"Of the 168 hours you have in a week, you may end up devoting seven to work, seventy, or seventy-seven. Whatever you choose, I have one suggestion: **Like the paragons of grit I study, consider curating your many, many low-level professional goals such that they align with a single top-level professional goal**. "A good start would be to write down your “ultimate concern” on a piece of paper. Give yourself a max of ten words. But the shorter, the better. If you’ve read this book, you have a few examples. **Mine is seven words long: “Use psychological science to help children thrive.”** For [[Pete Carroll]] there are just two: “**Always compete**.” And very recently, I learned that [[Will Smith]] lives by these three: “Create and relate.”" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[resilience]], [[goal-setting]], [[personal-values]], [[consistency]], [[character]], **Source** -- [[20241030 - B - Grit]]