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Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit” by zxcmx on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @03:16AM (#23088611)
Right, is it grit to save your startup at the cost of your marriage? Life is all about tradeoffs.

Personally I think the ability to make appropriate effort / reward choices > "grit". Of course, to an investor, abandoning everything else in your life to focus on their investment is "grit".

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Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit” by lonelappde on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @09:04AM (#23090426)
Grit isn't about trading A for B. It's about trading off idleness and pain avoidance for effort.

Pain is temporary, different from destruction.

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