Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance · chapter 6 · id grit-c6-01-passion-does-not-arrive-as-a-l

“Passion does not arrive as a lightning bolt -- it develops through a period of interest discovery, then deepening engagement, then a lifetime of refinement.”

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Hidi & Renninger (2006), Educational Psychologist 41(2), 111-127DOI registry: valid
Interest develops through four phases: triggered situational interest, maintained situational interest, emerging individual interest, and well-developed individual interest.
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