What’s the four-letter word leaders swear by for career success? GRIT. This soft skill is the ability to maintain a long-term focus on a highly important goal, and having the stamina and passion to keep going, even when you get frustrated or feel challenged. Those with grit consider themselves lifelong learners, and welcome opportunities to better themselves. To develop your grit, ask yourself these seven questions: 1. How am I going to help others? 2. How am I going to increase my exposure to new ideas, experiences and possibilities? 3. What do I want? 4. What are my fears? 5. What is my intention, and to what must I devote more—and less—attention to maintain this? 6. What are the actions and behaviors in the past that have not served me well, and what will serve me well in the future? 7. What people and elements in my environment do I need to change, keep or remove? #grit #leadership #business #success #professionaldevelopment #growth #softskills #career #HumansFirst #growthmindset …see more