grit

Gratitude and Toxic Positivity

I wrote this bit of a rant in late 2018. It's time for it to have a public airing. And…

3 years ago

First they make you crazy. Then they sell you the cure: Be Mindful of Mindless Mindfulness

Coloring books for adults are apparently a big new craze. Amazon's #1 bestseller in stress management/ self-help is a coloring…

9 years ago

Enough with all the grigor

Grant Lichtman has just suggested a  bunch of words better than grit  And they all work. And now it's time to…

10 years ago

The Chronicles of Grit

I’ve been researching grit - the way one does on a snowy day. In the process I discovered an Australian…

11 years ago

Operation Grit

I take comfort in knowing that I am not the only gritless wonder on the internet. Peter Gow has now…

11 years ago

Grit Hits the Fan

      It's a good word grit. It's short, and it has the  good old English language virtue of…

11 years ago

What failure means these days

A recent Twitter chat included the following exchange with Mark Crotty, head of school at St John's Episcopal in Dallas.…

11 years ago