Since then, a sort of micro-industry has sprung up around building grit and tenacity in kids. Parents obsess about it. Graduates try to communicate it on their resumes. Employers try to screen for it.

Perhaps grit and tenacity can be factors in your success, and used as a differentiator in the market. I’m not sure though, that these are measurable and objective.

Shannon Polson, founder of GRIT Institute and former U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilot, exemplifies courage, tenacity and perseverance. Her experience in the army provided her with a foundation to ...

Tenacity is that fierce blend of determination, persistence and grit. For leaders and their organizations, it’s the trait that means the difference between failure and success, and that takes ...

The story of the first all-black high school rowing team, a history of swimming, and Lou Gehrig’s “lost” columns offer compelling reads for summer.

Shailin Moodley from Crawford International Sandton urged the class of 2025 to be tenacious and have grit after he achieved 10 distinctions for the 2024 IEB matric cohort. “I always emphasise ...