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question behind macarthur genius fellow and university of pennsylvania psychology professor angela duckworth's research. she pins it on "grit"-- an intangible, but essential, trait. economics correspondent paul solman spent a day with her in philadelphia to try to figure out what that trait is made up of. it's part of our weekly "making sense" report, which airs every thursday on the newshour. >> as the sound opens, we have to have the vibrato open more, see? >> reporter: world-renowned violist roberto diaz. diaz now heads the tuition-free curtis institute of music in philadelphia, the hardest college in america to get into, where he's taught for years. what sets diaz, d his students, apart? >> what we do here is teach students how to motivate themselves over a very long period of time. >> reporter: that pretty much defines "grit"-- the catchword concept of psychologist angela duckworth and subject of her new book "grit: the power of passion and perseverance." >> nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is. and grit is about the effort part of the equati

and working really hard to make that future a reality. >> angela duckworth's first book "grit: the powerpublished by scribner. angela, good morning. so great to meet you. i've been reading about your work for a while. so this is terrific. we praise talent. we have shows called "america's got talent," but what is more important in success, talent or effort? >> i think w our society. we're obsessed with whether our kids got picked for the gifted and talented program. really, what matters in it the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them. >> so what do gritty people do specifically? >> so gritty people do at least four things. one is rather than skipping around in their interests, oh, i'll click over here and it will be something new, they deepen their interests. the second thing is they submit themselves to the hardest kind of practice. it's called deliberate practice. it's what really makes you better, which is largely working on your weaknesses with feedback. the third thing they do is they find some other centered purpose. even when you study people who

in "grit," angela duckworth insists that production is a bid to success. 60 minutes' correspondent leslie stahl's look at the role baby boomers are taking in taking care of their grandchildren. and in when breath becomes air, facing mortality. our look at the best selling nonfiction books according to "the new york times" continues with "five easy three cease" in which george stone's explores ugh solutions to-many of the country's challenges. followed by the sleep revolution, huffington post co-founder arianna huffington's investigation of the risks associated with sleep deprivation. next, in five presidents, clint hill looks back on his 17 years protecting u.s. presidents. and wrapping up the list is kate anderson brower's look at the life of modern first ladies in "first women." that's a look at some of the current nonfiction bestsellers according to "the new york times." many of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our web site, booktv.org. >> host: you mentioned that there was a bit of a kerfuffle when you were doing bress for this -- press for this

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