The Angela Lee Duckworth keynotes highlight the factors that breed success.
As a teacher, Duckworth has first-hand experience with regards to the educational development of students and the factor, which go into culminating a successful educational career. She taught mathematics to students at public schools across San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York. Duckworth's research work is focused on determining how “girt” is a better indicator for success, contrary to factors such as IQ and social stature. Prior to becoming an educator, Duckworth was a Managing Consultant at McKinsey.
She received her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She also has a BA in Neurobiology from Harvard and has a Masters in Neuroscience from Oxford. She founded a non-profit summer school for low-income families that received the Better Government Award for the state of Massachusetts.
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Angela Lee Duckworth's Optimized Success Keynote Talks How to Attain Success
Angela Lee Duckworth showcases how the general factors of educational success aren’t necessarily associated with talent and I.Q. in this optimized success keynote.
