Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Aida Musai Reviewer: Helena Bedalli

When I was 27 years old,

I left a very demanding job in management consulting

Kur isha 27 vjeç,

hoqa dore nga nje pozicion vertet sfidues si konsulente manaxheriale

for a job that was even more demanding: teaching.

per te filluar nje pune edhe me sfiduese: mesimdhenien.

Shkova t'u mesoja matematike klasave te shtata

I went to teach seventh graders math

in the New York City public schools.

ne shkollat publike te New York-ut.

Si cdo mesues une u beja kuize dhe teste.

And like any teacher, I made quizzes and tests.

I gave out homework assignments.

U jepja detyra shtepie.

Kur m'i dorezonin ato, une vendosja notat.

When the work came back, I calculated grades.

What struck me was that IQ was not the only difference

Ajo qe me ra ne sy ishte se kuocienti i inteligjences nuk ishte

between my best and my worst students.

ndryshimi i vetem mes nxenesve te mire dhe atyre te dobet.

Disa prej me te mireve

Some of my strongest performers did not have stratospheric IQ scores.

nuk kishin marre pike maksimale ne testin e kuocientit.

Ndersa disa prej nxenesve me te zgjuar, nuk shkonin aq mire.

Some of my smartest kids weren't doing so well.

And that got me thinking.

Kjo me beri te mendoj.

The kinds of things you need to learn in seventh grade math,

Gjerat qe mesohen ne matematiken e klases se shtate,

sure, they're hard: ratios, decimals, the area of a parallelogram.

epo ato jane te veshtira: thyesat, presjet,

siperfaqia e nje paralelogrami.

But these concepts are not impossible,

Por keto nuk jane koncepte te pamundura,

and I was firmly convinced that every one of my students

dhe une isha plotesisht e bindur se nxenesit e mi

could learn the material

mund t'i pervetesonin ato

nese punonin fort duke i dedikuar kohen e mjaftueshme.

if they worked hard and long enough.

After several more years of teaching,

Pas disa viteve ne mesimdhenie,

I came to the conclusion that what we need in education

arrita ne konkluzionin se ajo qe i nevojitet sistemit shkollor

eshte te kuptoje me mire nxenesit dhe mesimdhenien

is a much better understanding of students and learning

from a motivational perspective,

nga kendveshtrimi motivacional,

from a psychological perspective.

nga kendveshtrimi psikologjik.

In education, the one thing we know how to measure best is IQ.

Ne sistemin tone, gjeja qe arrijme te masim me me shume sukses

eshte kuocienti i inteligjences, por, po sikur suksesi ne shkolle e ne jete

But what if doing well in school and in life

depends on much more

te varej nga dicka me e madhe

than your ability to learn quickly and easily?

se sa aftesia per te mesuar shpejt dhe me lehtesi?

So I left the classroom,

Keshtu une braktisa klasen,

and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist.

dhe shkova ne universitet per t'u bere psikologe.

I started studying kids and adults

Fillova te studioj femijet dhe te rriturit

ne ambiente te ndryshme shume sfiduese,

in all kinds of super challenging settings,

and in every study my question was,

dhe ne cdo studim pyetja qe beja ishte,

who is successful here and why?

kush eshte me i suksesshem ketu, dhe pse?

My research team and I went to West Point Military Academy.

Skuadra ime e kerkuesve dhe une shkuan ne West Point Military Academy.

We tried to predict which cadets

U perpoqem te parashikonim se cilet prej kadeteve

would stay in military training and which would drop out.

do t'i rezistonte stervitjes ushtarake dhe cilet do t'a braktisnin ate.

We went to the National Spelling Bee

Shkuam tek National Spelling Bee (konkurs germezimi)

and tried to predict which children would advance farthest in competition.

dhe provuam te gjenim cilet prej femijeve do te qendronin

me gjate ne gare.

We studied rookie teachers working in really tough neighborhoods,

Ne studiuam mesues ne vitin e tyre te pare

qe punonin ne lagje te veshtira, per te kuptuar

asking which teachers are still going to be here in teaching

cilet prej tyre do te vazhdonin te jepnin mesim

by the end of the school year,

ne fund te vitit te pare,

and of those, who will be the most effective

dhe cilet prej tyre do te ishin me te zote

at improving learning outcomes for their students?

ne permiresimin e notave te nxenesve te tyre?

We partnered with private companies, asking,

Lidhem partneritet me kompani private, per te kuptuar

which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs?

cilet prej shitesve do te arrinin te mbanin punen e tyre?

And who's going to earn the most money?

Dhe cilet do te fitonin me shume prej saj?

In all those very different contexts,

Ne keto kontekste kaq te ndryshme,

one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success.

pame se ekzistonte nje karakteristike

per te parashikuar suksesin.

And it wasn't social intelligence.

Nuk behet fjale per inteligjencen sociale.

It wasn't good looks, physical health,

Nuk ishte pamja e bukur, shendeti, dhe as kuocienti.

and it wasn't IQ.

It was grit.

Behej fjale per kuraje.

Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.

Kuraje do te thote pasion dhe kembengulje ne arritjen e objektivave afatgjate.

Grit is having stamina.

Kuraje do te thote te jesh i qendrueshem,

Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out,

Kuraje do te thote t'i qendrosh besnik te ardhmes

not just for the week, not just for the month,

jo vetem per nje jave, apo nje muaj,

but for years,

por per vite me rradhe, duke punuar fort

and working really hard to make that future a reality.

per t'a shnderruar te ardhmen ne realitet.

Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

Kuraje do te thote t'a jetosh jeten si nje maratone, dhe jo si nje sprint.

Disa vjet me pare fillova te studioj kurajon

A few years ago,

I started studying grit in the Chicago public schools.

ne shkollat publike te Chicagos.

I kerkova mijera vitparistave ne shkollat e mesme

I asked thousands of high school juniors

to take grit questionnaires,

te plotesonin pyetesore mbi kurajon,

and then waited around more than a year

dhe prita me shume nje vit

to see who would graduate.

per te pare se cilet prej tyre do te diplomoheshin.

Turns out that grittier kids

Rezultoi se femijet me me shume kuraje

were significantly more likely to graduate,

kishin me shume mundesi diplomimi,

even when I matched them on every characteristic I could measure,

edhe ne rastin kur i masja ata ne cdo karakteristike te matshme,

things like family income,

si per shembull te ardhurat e familjes,

rezultatet e testeve standarde,

standardized achievement test scores,

even how safe kids felt when they were at school.

madje edhe ne lidhje me sigurine qe ndjenin femijet ne ambientin skollor.

So it's not just at West Point or the National Spelling Bee

Kuraja nuk eshte e rendesishme vetem ne

that grit matters.

West Point apo ne konkursin e germezimit. Por edhe ne shkolle,

It's also in school,

especially for kids at risk for dropping out.

sidomos per femijet qe rrezikojne t'a braktisin ate.

To me, the most shocking thing about grit

Per mua fakti me shokues ne lidhje me kurajen

eshte se ne dime shume pak,

is how little we know,

how little science knows, about building it.

shkenca di shume pak, mbi menyren se si ajo krijohet.

Cdo dite prinder e mesues me pyesin,

Every day, parents and teachers ask me,

"How do I build grit in kids?

"Si mund t'i bej femijet me kurajoze?

What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic?

Si mund t'i mesoj femijeve nje etike te forte pune?

How do I keep them motivated for the long run?"

Si t'ia bej per t'i mbajtur te motivuar ne afatgjate?"

The honest answer is,

Pergjigja ime e sinqerte eshte, Nuk e di. (te qeshura)

I don't know.

(Laughter)

What I do know is that talent doesn't make you gritty.

Ajo qe di eshte se talenti nuk te ben kurajoz.

Our data show very clearly

Te dhenat tona tregojne shume qarte

that there are many talented individuals

se ka shume individe te talentuar

te cilet nuk perkushtohen ne maksimum.

who simply do not follow through on their commitments.

In fact, in our data, grit is usually unrelated

Ne fakt, te dhenat thone se kuraja nuk eshte e lidhur,

madje eshte ne perpjestim te zhdrejte me talentin.

or even inversely related to measures of talent.

So far, the best idea I've heard about building grit in kids

Deri sot, ideja me e mire qe kam degjuar ne lidhje me krijimin e kurajes

is something called "growth mindset."

eshte dicka e quajtur "mendesia e rritjes".

This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Carol Dweck,

Kjo eshte nje ide e zhvilluar ne Stanford University

nga Carol Dweck, dhe ka te beje me besimin

and it is the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed,

se aftesia per te mesuar nuk eshte kostante,

that it can change with your effort.

por mund te ndryshoje ne baze te perpjekjeve.

Dr. Dweck has shown

Dr. Dweck ka treguar se kur femijet lexojne dhe mesojne

that when kids read and learn about the brain

se truri ndryshon dhe rritet

and how it changes and grows in response to challenge,

ne baze te sfidave qe kalon,

they're much more likely to persevere when they fail,

ata jane shume me te prirur te kembengulin pas deshtimeve,

because they don't believe that failure is a permanent condition.

sepse ata nuk besojne se deshtimi

eshte nje gjendje e pandryshueshme.

Mendesia e rritjes eshte nje ide e mire per te krijuar kuraje.

So growth mindset is a great idea for building grit.

But we need more.

Por na duhet me shume.

And that's where I'm going to end my remarks,

Pikerisht ketu une do ndal fjalimin tim,

because that's where we are.

sepse ne ndodhemi ketu.

Kjo eshte puna qe na pret.

That's the work that stands before us.

We need to take our best ideas, our strongest intuitions,

Duhet te gjejme idete me te mira, gjetjet me bindese,

and we need to test them.

dhe pastaj t'i testojme ato.

We need to measure whether we've been successful,

Duhet te masim a ishim te sukseshem,

and we have to be willing to fail, to be wrong,

dhe duhet te jemi te gatshem te deshtojme, te gabojme,

to start over again with lessons learned.

t'ia rinisim me mesimet e marra.

Me fjale te tjera, duhet te kemi kuraje

In other words, we need to be gritty

about getting our kids grittier.

qe t'u japim femijeve me shume kuraje.

Thank you.

Faleminderit

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