SCOUT· 66%2h 01m·2026-09-09·InterviewsAngela Duckworth #3 (on bringing out your best)
Angela Duckworth (Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, Grit) is a psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss nearly drowning while trying to save her mother, apologizing 15 years later to an author she…
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