Review: Grit: The Power Of Passion And Perseverance

In Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth uses the West Point miltary academy as an example of how grit and how it affects perseverence. Photo: AFP

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron often said that his government was one that would best serve those who “want to work hard and get on” in life.

For a time in British politics, there existed the rather unpalatable and divisive phrase, “strivers and skivers”, used in an insidious attempt to draw a line between those who wanted to contribute to society and those who were supposedly less so inclined.