Develop academic perseverance
Source: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/perseverance/academic/ Parent: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/perseverance/
Academic perseverance involves staying motivated and passionate despite setbacks in pursuing your academic goals.
In other words, develop your academic 'grit'.
Videos
Video
What I learned from 100 days of rejection
TEDTalk about how seeking rejection in various ways helped Jia Jiang overcome the pain and shame he often associated with being rejected.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jia_jiang_what_i_learned_from_100_days_of_rejection
Video
Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
Elizabeth Gilbert - author of Eat, Pray, Love - speaks about how she has handled and pushed through failure and disappointments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_waBFUg_oT8&feature=emb_imp_woyt&ab_channel=TED
Video
Don't regret regret
Kathryn Schulz speaks about how she handles regret through the creative use of tattoos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8L1YMR88U&ab_channel=TED
Podcasts
Grit: the power and passion of perseverance
Angela Duckworth researches self-control and grit, which is defined as passion and perseverance for long term goals. Her research has demonstrated that there are factors that can be more predictive of success than IQ. In this episode some of her findings on grit, including academic and popular misconceptions of this work, are covered.
Next steps
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