Duckworth helps us discover why our personality changes, sometimes dramatically, from one situation to another—and how you can harness that shift for your own benefit. We also see how the path of reduced effort is often the most effective and yet counter-intuitive way to reach our destination. Duckworth also shares personal experiences with burnout and trials in her own marriage, demonstrating how learning to change her situation, not herself, made all the difference. If instead of working against ourselves, we find ways to properly situate our life, we can turn our situation into our best ally.

Angela Duckworth, PhD, is a psychologist, a MacArthur Fellow, and the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Duckworth’s TED talk is among the most viewed of all time. Her first book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance was a #1 New York Times bestseller and has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Her second book is called Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best.

Dr. Bill Hite is President of the Bezos Family Foundation, leading efforts to strengthen the learning ecosystem that helps young people reach their full potential. A nationally recognized education leader, Bill has worked across public education, nonprofit leadership, and systems change, including serving as Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, President and CEO of KnowledgeWorks, and Superintendent in Residence at the Broad Center at the Yale School of Management. Throughout his career, Bill has championed a vision of education in which learning is meaningful, relevant, and well-supported.

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