Better at spelling! In one study, 12-year-old kids who were competing in a national spelling bee were given a series of questionnaires to fill out—including a grit questionnaire. Interestingly, it was not the kids who read books for fun or those who were quizzed on spelling words by their parents who ended up doing better in the spelling bee. Instead, it was the kids who scored high on grit who made it to the final round of the national spelling bee. What's more, gritty high school students are more likely to graduate, and university students get higher grades. In adulthood, gritty employees are more likely to be keeping their jobs and their marriages! What about the brains of these highly successful, gritty people—what do their brains look like? And furthermore, are the brains of gritty people different from those of not-so-gritty, less successful individuals?

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