Dr. Angela Duckworth
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My daughter Amanda was getting tucked into bed by her mother many years ago.
I think she was in kindergarten, and it was one of those days.
And I did not want to swear, and I tucked her into bed after this very long day when she had been really a handful.
And I said, Amanda, you have been...
trying.
And she looked at me with these big eyes and she said, mommy, we're all trying.
And I nearly cried.
And I thought to myself, she's right.
I mean, we are all good inside.
We are all ambitious.
Every single one of us is trying.
And I think if there's anything I can do to help us try more wisely, then it will be a life well-lived.
Well, we are friends.
Let's do it.