AEE 224: Do You Have GRIT? Learn How to Develop It with Fortune 500 Executive Coach Sarah Scala

<p><strong>Do you have grit for learning English?</strong></p> <p><strong>Today, Lindsay talks with Sarah Scala about the importance of persistence, both in life and in learning English! </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Resilience is the ability to pick yourself up after a setback, and keep going.  It’s an important ability, and it’s also something we can improve in ourselves.</p> <p>But Sarah believes that grit is even more important.  Grit is your ability to stay focused, over the long term.  It enables a person to be nimble and accept the ups and downs without losing focus.</p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Can’t find native speakers to practice English with you?<a href="http://promos.italki.com/allearsenglish"><img class="alignright wp-image-3395 size-full" src="http://allearsenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Speak-English-Now-2.jpg" alt="Speak English Now (2)" width="280" height="154" /></a></strong></p> <p><strong>Can’t get your English corrected by your native-speaking friends?</strong></p> <p><strong>Get a professional, native English teacher in seconds at </strong><a href="http://promos.italki.com/allearsenglish/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">italki</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;">.</span></strong></a></p> <p><strong>For a limited time, italki is offering 10 USD in free English lessons. Click </strong><strong><a href="http://promos.italki.com/allearsenglish/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">here to get your 10USD in italki credits before this offer runs out</span></a></strong><strong>!</strong></p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p><strong>Sarah has three suggestions for developing your own grit and resilience in learning English:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Be meaningfully interested.</strong>  Find a way to connect to English in a way that is not superficial.</li> <li><strong>Have a growth mindset.</strong>  Your brain has the ability to change and evolve, and that will make it easier to succeed and harder to fail.  Attune your thin