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After several more years of teaching, I came to the conclusion that what we need in education
經過幾年教學之后，我得出一個結論，我們在教育方面所需要的是
is a much better understanding of students and learning from a motivational perspective, from a psychological perspective.
從學習動力的角度和心理學的角度，對學生和學習行為進行一次更為深刻的理解。
In education, the one thing we know how to measure best is I.Q.,
在教育體系中，我們都知道評價優秀學生的標準就是IQ，
but what if doing well in school and in life depends on much more than your ability to learn quickly and easily?
但如果在學校和生活中的優秀表現，遠不僅僅依賴于你輕松高效學習的能力呢？
So I left the classroom, and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist.
所有我離開了講臺，回到學校繼續攻讀心理學碩士學位。
I started studying kids and adults in all kinds of super challenging settings,
我開始研究孩子和大人，在各種非常具有挑戰性的情況下，
and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why?
以及在各項研究中，我的問題是誰才是成功者，為什么他們會成功？
My research team and I went to West Point Military Academy.
我和我的研究團隊前往西點軍校展開調研。
We tried to predict which cadets would stay in military training and which would drop out.
我們試圖預測哪些學員能夠耐得住軍隊的訓練，哪些會被淘汰出局。
We went to the National Spelling Bee and tried to predict which children would advance farthest in competition.
我們前去觀摩全國拼字比賽，同時也試著預測哪些孩子會晉級到最后的比賽。
We studied rookie teachers working in really tough neighborhoods,
我們研究在惡劣的工作環境下工作的，剛入行的老師，
asking which teachers are still going to be here in teaching by the end of the school year,
詢問他們哪些老師決定會在學年結束后繼續留下來任教，
and of those, who will be the most effective at improving learning outcomes for their students?
以及他們之中誰能最快地提高學生的學習成績。
We partnered with private companies, asking, which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs?
我們與私企合作，向他們詢問哪些銷售人員可以保住工作？
And who's going to earn the most money?
哪些可以賺錢最多？
In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success.
在所有那些不同的情境下，一種性格特征凸顯了出來，這種特征在很大程度上預示了成功。
And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't I.Q. It was grit.
而且它并不是社交智力。不是漂亮的外表，強健的體魄，也不是很高的IQ，它是毅力。
