Angela Duckworth

Angela Duckworth is a MacArthur Fellow recognized for her landmark research on grit—the passion and perseverance for long-term goals. Her TED Talk on the power of grit has surpassed 29 million views.

As the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Duckworth co-founded the Character Lab and Behavior Change for Good Initiative. With a Harvard undergraduate degree, an Oxford MSc in Neuroscience, and a Penn PhD in Psychology, she offers audiences science-backed strategies for cultivating success and high performance.