Lynn Thoman
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1,507 appearances
28 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 6d ago
Lynn Thoman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Angela is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a MacArthur Fellow, and one of the world's leading researchers on achievement.
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Her first book, Grit, changed the way millions of people think about success and the importance of passion and perseverance.
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It was a number one New York Times
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bestseller and sold over five million copies.
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Her new book, which is wonderful, is situated.
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Angela, welcome back to Three Takeaways.
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Hi, Lynn.
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I'm so excited to talk to you.
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Me too.
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You're in the ocean holding your unconscious eighty-six year old mother and fighting a current that you can't overpower.
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What happened?
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I was on the side.
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Yes.
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You spent years showing us why grit and perseverance matter.
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When did you begin to realize grit wasn't the whole story?
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Was it when you were in the ocean with your mother or sometime before that?
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It was before that because
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Hm.
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Did grit accidentally teach some of us to overestimate how much success comes down to individual effort?
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I think that's a fair question.
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