Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance · chapter 5 · id grit-c5-05-grit-can-be-developed-at-any-a

“Grit can be developed at any age -- it is not a fixed trait determined in childhood but continues to grow through deliberate effort and experience.”

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Receipts

PMC (2016) - True grit and geneticssource alive

Grit was 37% heritable, leaving significant non-genetic variance. However, shared environmental influence was negligible.

Brookings - Time to Flit the Gritsource alive

There is currently no compelling evidence that grit can be taught or that grit interventions produce lasting changes in behavior.

Crede (2018), Educational Researcherpaywalled — manual check queued

The evidence that grit can be changed through interventions is currently weak, and the claim that it can be 'grown' remains largely aspirational.

This claim is a stable, citable object. If you can falsify a verdict, tell us — corrections are loud here.