or anything else you'd like, dancing La Macarena. The key to success is not simply effort, or focus, or resilience, but it is the growth mindset that creates them, the mindset itself is critical. Research shows that when we directly try to build grit or persistence, it's not nearly as effective as addressing the mindset that underlies them. How many of us think of ourselves as not math people, or creative, or sociable, or athletic, or conversely, that we are naturals? If we are to fulfill our potential, we have to start thinking differently.