Forget Grit by Gal Beckerman
Gal Beckerman writes about the value of knowing what’s actually within your control in this critique of a few self-help books:
It’s the abiding ethos of expediency and mastery that limits the self-helpfulness of these new books—their emphasis on getting somewhere quickly and knowing with total certainty that you have arrived. Is that the point of fulfilling work, of satisfying family life, of friendship, of really anything worth doing?