We all know that person who has been undeterred from their goals for as long as we’ve known them. Can you picture such a person? Is it you? What does it mean to persevere toward a long term goal in the face of personal challenges? How does it look at various stages of our lives - from childhood, through adolescence, and into adulthood? In this episode, we explore the questions: what does it mean to have grit? How can we spot it in our students? And how can we encourage students to become more gritty?