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1、听写ThinkPositiveandFeelPositiveAreyouconfidentorinsecureinadifficultsituation?Doyoureactpositivelyornegatively?Theanswermaydependinpartonwhomyou'rearound.Astudyfoundthatnegativethinkingcanbecontagiousinsomecases.Forexample,theresearchersstudied103collegeroommates.Theymeasure
2、deachroommate'stendencytowardsnegativethinking.Itwasfoundthatthinkingpatternscanbecontagious.Studentswithanegative-thinkingroommatebecamemoredepressedthemselves.Andstudentswithmorepositive-thinkingroommatesweremorelikelytobecomemorepositiveaswell.TalkWhatIsGrit?Goodafternoo
3、n,everyone.（1）Today,Iwouldliketotalkaboutmyresearchprojectconcerningthekeytosuccess.Iwouldliketostartmytopicwithmyownstory.WhenIwas27yearsold,Ileftforademandingjob:teachingseventhgradersmathintheNewYorkCitypublicschools.Andlikeanyteacher,Imadequizzesandtests.Igaveouthomewor
4、kassignments.Whentheworkcameback,Icalculatedgrades.WhatstruckmewasthatIQwasnottheonlydifferencebetweenmybestandmyworststudents.SomeofmystrongestperformersdidnothavesuperIQscores.Someofmysmartestkidsweren'tdoingsowell.ThenIfeltveryinterestedinknowingthereasonwhythestudents'm
5、athperformanceisnotthatcloselyrelatedtotheirIQscores.（2）Istartedstudyingkidsandadultsinallkindsofchallengingsettings,andineverystudymyquestionwas,whoissuccessfulhereandwhy.MyresearchteamandIwenttoWestPointMilitaryAcademy.Wetriedtopredictwhichstudentswouldstayinmilitarytrain
6、ingandwhichwoulddropout.(3)WewenttotheNationalSpellingContestandtriedtopredictwhichchildrenwouldadvancefurthestincompetition.Weworkedwithprivatecompanies,asking,whichofthesesalespeopleisgoingtokeeptheirjobs?Andwho'sgoingtoearnthemostmoney.Wewenttomanyplaces,andfinallyonecha
7、racteristicemergedasasignificantpredictorofsuccess.Anditwasn'tsocialintelligence.Itwasn'tgoodlooks,physicalhealth,anditwasn'tIQ.Itwasgrit.Whatisgrit?(4)Well,gritispassionandperseveranceforverylong-termgoals.(5)Gritisstickingwithyourfuture,dayin,dayout,notjustfortheweek,notj
8、ustforthemonth,butforyears,andworkingreallyhardtomakefutureareality.(6)Gritislivin
