![]() How do people learn to do this?Īre people born with grit? According to research from Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelly (2007), grit is a question of nature and nurture, not one or the other. When we demonstrate grit or are described as gritty, it is because we have had the resilience to push ourselves over, through, around, and sometimes under obstacles. It has been several years since Angela Duckworth’s TED talk catapulted these two traits into our everyday vernacular and still more since the dawn of Carol Dweck’s fixed versus growth mindset research. Sjodin, 2016.When was the last time you showed resilience? ![]() It’s what you do when you’re all in and ready to put your tush on the line.Īdapted from SCRAPPY by Terri Sjodin with permission of Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. It’s a choice to play big, or at least big for you. It can be an experiment or a mission of conviction.Īnyone can be scrappy. It’s the “go” phase and typically happens when someone is motivated by a time-related circumstance, driving a person to engage his or her creativity in a groundbreaking or thought-provoking way. ![]() The execution of a scrappy strategy transitions from planning into actual engagement, moving forward on a course of action you have developed (whether simple or elaborate). If you want your circumstances to change, at some point you have to stop strategizing and launch. Upon execution, you will “put your tush on the line” and sometimes take real risks to reap significant rewards. This is where your intuition, your ability to adapt, and your preparation help minimize losses and increase your wins.Įxecution: Scrappy execution is about putting your plan of action into play. ![]() If your initial plan falls apart, your ability to morph your strategy along the way and stay the course is often what will pull you through. One simple but critical component is simply showing up-being present and willing to get in the ring and do the work. To craft a strategy, you will develop your approach to key decision makers, invest in the process, and cultivate your best ideas. A scrappy strategy encompasses all of your efforts-research, due diligence and sweat equity. Sure, with the right attitude you can put in the effort, but it’s the right strategy that can change the game to save you time, money, sanity and more. Strategy: Coming up with a clever idea, a work-around or a game-changing tactic is a key component of the scrappy philosophy. A scrapper exhibits an active imagination, a penchant for risk taking, stubbornness, and a sense of appreciation, gratitude and mindfulness. Before taking action, their scrappy perspectives and mindset allowed them to view the obstacles in their path with curiosity and confidence rather than fear and defeat. Common denominators and distinct behavior patterns are clearly visible in the stories of scrappy people. It’s the “fire in your belly” and a determined nature or spirit that can’t really be quantified. Is the essence of getting scrappy found in one’s attitude, a well-crafted strategy or ultimately the execution of an effort? The answer is yes-all three!Īttitude: Having a scrappy attitude speaks to your mindset.
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