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Angela Lee Duckworth - Psychologist
At the University of Pennsylvania, Angela Lee Duckworth studies intangible concepts such as self-control and grit to determine how they might predict both academic and professional success.

Why you should listen

In her late 20s, Angela Lee Duckworth left a demanding job as a management consultant at McKinsey to teach math in public schools in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York.

After five years of teaching seventh graders, she went back to grad school to complete her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is now an assistant professor in the psychology department. Her research subjects include students, West Point cadets, and corporate salespeople, all of whom she studies to determine how "grit" is a better indicator of success than factors such as IQ or family income.

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Angela Lee Duckworth: Grit: The power of passion and perseverance

Angela Lee Duckworth: Celesi i suksesit? Te kesh kuraje

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Pasi dha doreheqjen nga nje pune shume ambicioze si konsulente, Angela Lee Duckworth pranoi t'i mesonte matematike klasave te shtata ne shkollat publike te New York-ut. Shume shpejt ajo kuptoi se kuocienti i inteligjences nuk perbente ndryshimin e vetem mes nxenesve te suksesshem dhe atyre qe gjendeshin ne veshtiresi. Ne kete fjalim ajo shpjegon teorine e saj mbi "kurajon" si parashikues te suksesit.
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At the University of Pennsylvania, Angela Lee Duckworth studies intangible concepts such as self-control and grit to determine how they might predict both academic and professional success. Full bio

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When I was 27 years old,
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Kur isha 27 vjeç,
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I left a very demanding job in management consulting
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hoqa dore nga nje pozicion vertet sfidues
si konsulente manaxheriale
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for a job that was even more demanding: teaching.
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per te filluar nje pune edhe me sfiduese:
mesimdhenien.
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I went to teach seventh graders math
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Shkova t'u mesoja matematike
klasave te shtata
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in the New York City public schools.
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ne shkollat publike te New York-ut.
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And like any teacher, I made quizzes and tests.
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Si cdo mesues une u beja kuize dhe teste.
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I gave out homework assignments.
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U jepja detyra shtepie.
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When the work came back, I calculated grades.
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Kur m'i dorezonin ato, une vendosja notat.
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What struck me was that I.Q. was not the only difference
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Ajo qe me ra ne sy ishte se
kuocienti i inteligjences nuk ishte
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between my best and my worst students.
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ndryshimi i vetem
mes nxenesve te mire dhe atyre te dobet.
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Some of my strongest performers
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Disa prej me te mireve
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did not have stratospheric I.Q. scores.
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nuk kishin marre pike maksimale
ne testin e kuocientit.
00:49
Some of my smartest kids weren't doing so well.
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Ndersa disa prej nxenesve me te zgjuar,
nuk shkonin aq mire.
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And that got me thinking.
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Kjo me beri te mendoj.
00:56
The kinds of things you need to learn in seventh grade math,
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Gjerat qe mesohen
ne matematiken e klases se shtate,
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sure, they're hard: ratios, decimals,
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epo ato jane te veshtira: thyesat, presjet,
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the area of a parallelogram.
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siperfaqia e nje paralelogrami.
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But these concepts are not impossible,
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Por keto nuk jane koncepte te pamundura,
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and I was firmly convinced that every one of my students
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dhe une isha plotesisht e bindur se nxenesit e mi
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could learn the material
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mund t'i pervetesonin ato
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if they worked hard and long enough.
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nese punonin fort
duke i dedikuar kohen e mjaftueshme.
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After several more years of teaching,
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Pas disa viteve ne mesimdhenie,
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I came to the conclusion that what we need in education
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arrita ne konkluzionin
se ajo qe i nevojitet sistemit shkollor
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is a much better understanding of students and learning
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eshte te kuptoje me mire
nxenesit dhe mesimdhenien
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from a motivational perspective,
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nga kendveshtrimi motivacional,
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from a psychological perspective.
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nga kendveshtrimi psikologjik.
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In education, the one thing we know how to measure best
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Ne sistemin tone, gjeja qe arrijme te masim
me me shume sukses
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is I.Q., but what if doing well in school and in life
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eshte kuocienti i inteligjences, por,
po sikur suksesi ne shkolle e ne jete
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depends on much more
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te varej nga dicka me e madhe
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than your ability to learn quickly and easily?
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se sa aftesia per te mesuar
shpejt dhe me lehtesi?
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So I left the classroom,
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Keshtu une braktisa klasen,
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and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist.
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dhe shkova ne universitet
per t'u bere psikologe.
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I started studying kids and adults
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Fillova te studioj femijet dhe te rriturit
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in all kinds of super challenging settings,
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ne ambiente te ndryshme shume sfiduese,
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and in every study my question was,
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dhe ne cdo studim pyetja qe beja ishte,
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who is successful here and why?
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kush eshte me i suksesshem ketu, dhe pse?
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My research team and I went to West Point Military Academy.
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Skuadra ime e kerkuesve dhe une
shkuan ne West Point Military Academy.
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We tried to predict which cadets
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U perpoqem te parashikonim
se cilet prej kadeteve
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would stay in military training and which would drop out.
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do t'i rezistonte stervitjes ushtarake
dhe cilet do t'a braktisnin ate.
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We went to the National Spelling Bee
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Shkuam tek National Spelling Bee
(konkurs germezimi)
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and tried to predict which children would advance
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dhe provuam te gjenim
cilet prej femijeve do te qendronin
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farthest in competition.
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me gjate ne gare.
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We studied rookie teachers
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Ne studiuam mesues ne vitin e tyre te pare
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working in really tough neighborhoods, asking
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qe punonin ne lagje te veshtira,
per te kuptuar
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which teachers are still going to be here in teaching
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cilet prej tyre do te vazhdonin
te jepnin mesim
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by the end of the school year,
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ne fund te vitit te pare,
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and of those, who will be the most effective
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dhe cilet prej tyre do te ishin me te zote
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at improving learning outcomes for their students?
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ne permiresimin e notave
te nxenesve te tyre?
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We partnered with private companies, asking,
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Lidhem partneritet me kompani private,
per te kuptuar
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which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs?
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cilet prej shitesve do te arrinin
te mbanin punen e tyre?
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And who's going to earn the most money?
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Dhe cilet do te fitonin me shume prej saj?
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In all those very different contexts,
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Ne keto kontekste kaq te ndryshme,
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one characteristic emerged
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pame se ekzistonte nje karakteristike
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as a significant predictor of success.
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per te parashikuar suksesin.
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And it wasn't social intelligence.
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Nuk behet fjale per inteligjencen sociale.
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It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't I.Q.
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Nuk ishte pamja e bukur, shendeti,
dhe as kuocienti.
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It was grit.
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Behej fjale per kuraje.
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Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.
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Kuraje do te thote pasion dhe kembengulje
ne arritjen e objektivave afatgjate.
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Grit is having stamina.
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Kuraje do te thote te jesh i qendrueshem,
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Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out,
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Kuraje do te thote
t'i qendrosh besnik te ardhmes
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not just for the week, not just for the month,
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jo vetem per nje jave, apo nje muaj,
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but for years, and working really hard
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por per vite me rradhe, duke punuar fort
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to make that future a reality.
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per t'a shnderruar te ardhmen ne realitet.
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Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.
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Kuraje do te thote t'a jetosh jeten
si nje maratone, dhe jo si nje sprint.
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A few years ago, I started studying grit
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Disa vjet me pare fillova te studioj kurajon
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in the Chicago public schools.
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ne shkollat publike te Chicagos.
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I asked thousands of high school juniors
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I kerkova mijera vitparistave
ne shkollat e mesme
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to take grit questionnaires,
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te plotesonin pyetesore mbi kurajon,
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and then waited around more than a year
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dhe prita me shume nje vit
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to see who would graduate.
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per te pare se cilet prej tyre
do te diplomoheshin.
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Turns out that grittier kids
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Rezultoi se femijet me me shume kuraje
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were significantly more likely to graduate,
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kishin me shume mundesi diplomimi,
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even when I matched them on every characteristic I could measure,
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edhe ne rastin kur i masja ata
ne cdo karakteristike te matshme,
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things like family income,
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si per shembull te ardhurat e familjes,
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standardized achievement test scores,
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rezultatet e testeve standarde,
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even how safe kids felt when they were at school.
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madje edhe ne lidhje me sigurine
qe ndjenin femijet ne ambientin skollor.
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So it's not just at West Point or the National Spelling Bee
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Kuraja nuk eshte e rendesishme vetem ne
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that grit matters. It's also in school,
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West Point apo ne konkursin e germezimit.
Por edhe ne shkolle,
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especially for kids at risk for dropping out.
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sidomos per femijet qe rrezikojne
t'a braktisin ate.
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To me, the most shocking thing about grit
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Per mua fakti me shokues
ne lidhje me kurajen
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is how little we know,
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eshte se ne dime shume pak,
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how little science knows, about building it.
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shkenca di shume pak,
mbi menyren se si ajo krijohet.
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Every day, parents and teachers ask me,
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Cdo dite prinder e mesues me pyesin,
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"How do I build grit in kids?
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"Si mund t'i bej femijet me kurajoze?
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What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic?
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Si mund t'i mesoj femijeve
nje etike te forte pune?
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How do I keep them motivated for the long run?"
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Si t'ia bej per t'i mbajtur te motivuar
ne afatgjate?"
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The honest answer is, I don't know. (Laughter)
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Pergjigja ime e sinqerte eshte,
Nuk e di. (te qeshura)
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What I do know is that talent doesn't make you gritty.
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Ajo qe di eshte se talenti
nuk te ben kurajoz.
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Our data show very clearly
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Te dhenat tona tregojne shume qarte
04:37
that there are many talented individuals
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se ka shume individe te talentuar
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who simply do not follow through on their commitments.
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te cilet nuk perkushtohen ne maksimum.
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In fact, in our data, grit is usually unrelated
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Ne fakt, te dhenat thone se
kuraja nuk eshte e lidhur,
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or even inversely related to measures of talent.
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madje eshte ne perpjestim te zhdrejte
me talentin.
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So far, the best idea I've heard about building grit in kids
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Deri sot, ideja me e mire qe kam degjuar
ne lidhje me krijimin e kurajes
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is something called "growth mindset."
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eshte dicka e quajtur "mendesia e rritjes".
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This is an idea developed at Stanford University
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Kjo eshte nje ide e zhvilluar
ne Stanford University
05:01
by Carol Dweck, and it is the belief
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nga Carol Dweck, dhe ka te beje me besimin
05:04
that the ability to learn is not fixed,
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se aftesia per te mesuar
nuk eshte kostante,
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that it can change with your effort.
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por mund te ndryshoje
ne baze te perpjekjeve.
05:11
Dr. Dweck has shown that when kids read and learn
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Dr. Dweck ka treguar se
kur femijet lexojne dhe mesojne
05:14
about the brain and how it changes and grows
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se truri ndryshon dhe rritet
05:17
in response to challenge,
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ne baze te sfidave qe kalon,
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they're much more likely to persevere when they fail,
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ata jane shume me te prirur te kembengulin
pas deshtimeve,
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because they don't believe that failure
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sepse ata nuk besojne se deshtimi
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is a permanent condition.
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eshte nje gjendje e pandryshueshme.
05:28
So growth mindset is a great idea for building grit.
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Mendesia e rritjes eshte nje ide e mire
per te krijuar kuraje.
05:32
But we need more.
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Por na duhet me shume.
05:34
And that's where I'm going to end my remarks,
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Pikerisht ketu une do ndal fjalimin tim,
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because that's where we are.
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sepse ne ndodhemi ketu.
05:37
That's the work that stands before us.
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Kjo eshte puna qe na pret.
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We need to take our best ideas, our strongest intuitions,
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Duhet te gjejme idete me te mira,
gjetjet me bindese,
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and we need to test them.
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dhe pastaj t'i testojme ato.
05:46
We need to measure whether we've been successful,
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Duhet te masim a ishim te sukseshem,
05:49
and we have to be willing to fail, to be wrong,
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dhe duhet te jemi te gatshem
te deshtojme, te gabojme,
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to start over again with lessons learned.
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t'ia rinisim me mesimet e marra.
05:55
In other words, we need to be gritty
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Me fjale te tjera, duhet te kemi kuraje
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about getting our kids grittier.
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qe t'u japim femijeve me shume kuraje.
06:02
Thank you.
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Faleminderit
06:03
(Applause)
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(duartrokitje)
Translated by Aida Musai
Reviewed by Helena Bedalli

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Angela Lee Duckworth - Psychologist
At the University of Pennsylvania, Angela Lee Duckworth studies intangible concepts such as self-control and grit to determine how they might predict both academic and professional success.

Why you should listen

In her late 20s, Angela Lee Duckworth left a demanding job as a management consultant at McKinsey to teach math in public schools in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York.

After five years of teaching seventh graders, she went back to grad school to complete her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is now an assistant professor in the psychology department. Her research subjects include students, West Point cadets, and corporate salespeople, all of whom she studies to determine how "grit" is a better indicator of success than factors such as IQ or family income.

More profile about the speaker
Angela Lee Duckworth | Speaker | TED.com
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