Angela Duckworth

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490 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 1 Sep

Angela Duckworth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Passion Struck with John R. Miles · World-Leading Psychologist: How to Change Your Life by Changing What’s Around You | Angela Duckworth - EP 814 · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

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Let's say you're a grumpy person and you have this sense that maybe you're a grumpy person and you don't want to be a grumpy person. matched

You could blame the grumpy people in the family that raised you and the grumpy neighborhood that you grew up in. matched

But you could also say, I notice that when I'm with really positive people, I'm a little less grumpy because I bet that's true. matched

I bet there are people that bring out your humorous side, your sunny side, your optimistic side. matched

And my advice is go hang out with them more because you can't change your past, but you can change your future and you can't change the situations that you were born into. matched

But you can change the situations that you move into. matched

There's something I didn't put in the book but I thought about it and I think I must have written a draft of the book that had it matched

Many actors will say that when the Oscar goes out for set design or costumes, by the way, this is the part where people go and get something to eat, right? 'Cause they're like, Oh, costume design. matched

And sometimes they actually have those awards at a different part of the day 'cause they're like, not the red carpet, everybody tuning in. matched

But many actors will say, and I guess I include actors and actresses under that one term. matched

That it's so important that when you step onto a set and you're either in a crowded boardroom or you're in a subway or you're whatever it is, the set and the costume. matched

Are you wearing a doctor's coat? matched

Are you wearing an artist's mock? matched

Are you wearing a chef's apron? matched

Are you in rags because you're supposed to be playing somebody who's on the streets? matched

Are you playing a stockbroker? matched

These things matter because we step into matched

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And I'm sure in this draft that never made it into the book, I'm sure I quoted Shakespeare. matched

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