[mym1990]

My point was that practicing something like better patience may make an otherwise stressful DMV visit an ordinary affair. No one will ever know which challenges they will get presented with in life, but you can bet most people will eventually have to deal with massive loss of some sort or a seemingly insurmountable obstacle. For a high school kid this might be that paper that is due in 2 days, for others it might be a car crash that kills both parents.

Grit is developed in part by hearing that little voice in your head that says “I don’t feel like doing this” and then going out and doing that thing. I wouldn’t necessarily expect others to lay out a curriculum for you to develop these types of things. It could be going for a mile run or helping a coworker on a Friday afternoon, it doesn’t have to be going on a 25 mile run every other day.

While improving the world could be an end result, the main driver is probably just to have a more manageable existence for oneself.

Lastly, it doesn’t always turn out okay, and knowing how to deal with that needs to be part of the toolbox.

Now I hate the word grit haha

[yamazakiwi]

I also hate the word grit, it gets tossed around too much in entrepreneur spaces, but thanks for the insight!