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Duckworth AL, Eichstaedt JC, Ungar LH. The Mechanics of Human Achievement. Soc Personal Psychol Compass. 2015;9(7):359-369doi: 10.1111/spc3.12178.
Duckworth, A. L., Eichstaedt, J. C., & Ungar, L. H. (2015). The Mechanics of Human Achievement. Social and personality psychology compass, 9(7), 359-369. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12178
Duckworth, Angela L, et al. "The Mechanics of Human Achievement." Social and personality psychology compass vol. 9,7 (2015): 359-369. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12178
Duckworth AL, Eichstaedt JC, Ungar LH. The Mechanics of Human Achievement. Soc Personal Psychol Compass. 2015 Jul;9(7):359-369. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12178. PMID: 26236393; PMCID: PMC4520322.
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Soc Personal Psychol Compass. 2015 Jul;9(7):359-369. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12178.

The Mechanics of Human Achievement.

Social and personality psychology compass

Angela L Duckworth, Johannes C Eichstaedt, Lyle H Ungar

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  1. University of Pennsylvania.

PMID: 26236393 PMCID: PMC4520322 DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12178

Abstract

Countless studies have addressed why some individuals achieve more than others. Nevertheless, the psychology of achievement lacks a unifying conceptual framework for synthesizing these empirical insights. We propose organizing achievement-related traits by two possible mechanisms of action: Traits that determine the rate at which an individual learns a skill are

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