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Angela Duckworth
Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon.com. In childhood and adolescence, Bezos spent his free time inventing gadgets and contraptions, and his mother supported him. Duckworth uses Bezos as an example of how young people who get to autonomously play with their interests in a supportive environment are more likely to form deep interests and develop grit as adults.
Jeff Bezos Quotes in Grit
The Grit quotes below are all either spoken by Jeff Bezos or refer to Jeff Bezos . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12: A Culture of Grit Quotes
If each person’s grit enhances grit in others, then, over time, you might expect what social scientist Jim Flynn calls a “social multiplier” effect. In a sense, it’s the motivational analogue of the infinity cube of self-reflecting mirrors Jeff Bezos built as a boy—one person’s grit enhances the grit of the others, which in turn inspires more grit in that person, and so on, without end.
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Jeff Bezos Character Timeline in Grit
The timeline below shows where the character Jeff Bezos appears in Grit. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6: Interest
At college graduation ceremonies, speakers like Will Shortz and Jeff Bezos often say things like, “follow your passion,” as do the high-grit people Duckworth has interviewed....
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...the commencement speakers she mentioned, New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos . Shortz’s mother, a writer who loved crosswords, bought him endless puzzle books and taught...
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