Learning to persist despite challenges, to cope in healthy ways, to work hard and to learn from mistakes is a huge part of college and life success!

Being successful means using our resources and getting support and assistance from others.

Privilege, intelligence, opportunities, social and community support all influence us and the ease or challenges we face in our lives. An important part of success in meeting our goals is learning to cope with hardships in healthy ways and knowing how to work hard and persist through difficulties. In fact, we often learn more and become more successful when have faced challenges and learned how to resolve them, how to be adaptable, and how to motivate ourselves to keep working toward our goals.

Here are some videos on resilience, grit, and perseverance

Angela Lee Duckworth did research to learn about why some people are more successful than others. She learned about the power of grit. She gave an inspiring TED Talk on Grit and the Power of Passion and Perseverance.

Diana Laufenberg is a teacher who has observed many students over the years. She also gave a TED Talk on how mistakes help us to learn.