“Grit isn’t fixed like your height. Rather it’s something you cultivate, more like learning a new language.”
Angela Duckworth, author of the book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, believes resilience is a learned skill.
This 99u article features an interview with her in which she shares three things you can do to make yourself grittier including to have “an ultimate concern,” practice deliberately, and think like an optimist.