Grit: The Secret Ingredient to Achieving Holistic Wealth

Grit is defined as having the perseverance and passion to achieve long-term goals. It is the secret ingredient to achieving holistic wealth. Angela Duckworth, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that grit is necessary to achieve one’s goals.

In my book Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons To Help You Find Purpose, Prosperity, and Happiness, I have an entire chapter dedicated to grit — as it is the secret ingredient in being mentally tough and overcoming adversity but also for achieving holistic wealth. Cultivating holistic wealth helps us to be mentally tough and to have the grit to weather the inevitable storms and setbacks that life brings. Achieving holistic wealth requires determination and grit. It requires an ability to pivot and change direction if need be. It requires that get-up-and-go attitude even in the face of tremendous obstacles.

Grit is the Superpower of the Holistic Wealth Mindset

I developed the holistic wealth mindset and in my book Holistic Wealth it is defined as follows:

“ A person who approaches life with a holistic wealth mindset doesn’t fear taking measured risks. The holistic wealth mindset does not erect fake constraints as barriers to success. People with this mindset are adept at recognizing…