A vivid – if somewhat melodramatic – firsthand description of what deliberate practice can feel like comes from dancer Martha Graham: ‘Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to the paradise of that achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration. There are daily small deaths.

A vivid – if somewhat melodramatic – firsthand description of what deliberate practice can feel like comes from dancer Martha Graham: ‘Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to the paradise of that achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration. There are daily small deaths.

– Angela Duckworth –

Grit

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