# 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

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### [What I learned from 100 days of rejection](#uoy_modal_youtube_embed_978459_1)

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>

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### [Success, failure and the drive to keep creating](#uoy_modal_youtube_embed_978459_2)

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>

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### [Don't regret regret](#uoy_modal_youtube_embed_978459_3)

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](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/37-grit-the-power-of-passion-and-perseverance/id942777522?i=1000363534048)

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

Now you have explored resources to help with developing a stronger sense of academic perseverance, the next step is to complete our activities to help you set some goals.

[Activities to develop perseverance](https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/perseverance/activities/)