Character: True Grit

Grit ScaleDirections for taking the Grit Scale: Please respond to the following 17 items. Be honest – there are no right or wrong answers!

1. I aim to be the best in the world at what I do.
Mostly like me   +4

2. I have overcome setbacks to conquer an important challenge.
Mostly like me   +4

3. New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones.
Very much like me  +1

4. I am ambitious.
Somewhat like me  +3

5. My interests change from year to year.
Very much like me  +1

6. Setbacks don’t discourage me.
Mostly like me   +4

7. I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest.
Somewhat like me  +3

8. I am a hard worker.
Very much like me  +5

9. I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.
Mostly like me   +2

10. I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete.
Mostly like me  +2

11. I finish whatever I begin.
Mostly like me  +4

12. Achieving something of lasting importance is the highest goal in life.
Very much like me +5

13. I think achievement is overrated.
Not much like me  +4

14. I have achieved a goal that took years of work.
Very much like me  +5

15. I am driven to succeed.
Mostly like me  +4

16. I become interested in new pursuits every few months.
Mostly like me  +2

17. I am diligent.
Very much like me +5

Avg Grit: 3.4
Consistency of Interest: 1.8
Perserverance of Effort: 4.5
Brief Grit: 3.25
Ambition: 4

Feedback:

• Positives: I do put effort into the work I do.
• Change: I should be more consistant with my interest.
• Ideas: Once I have an interesting idea, I should follow through with it instead of changing to a complete new subject.
• Question: Why don't I follow through with all my interests/ideas/etc.
• PS. As for consistancy of interest, I think it will always be changing because as time moves on, new things pop up and catch your interest and you tend to forget about your old interest because the new one seems better to you in your mind. And to answer to my question: Usually I think of somethng else whilst being in the middle of a project that I think is better so I end up switching and leaving the old one half done.