“Grit” is a good thing. It is OK to be gritty.

Grit is something that helps you keep trying to reach your goals – even when big things get in the way or loss and disappointment are involved.

Spend some time this week thinking about how much grit you have. Make a list of all the times you kept trying to accomplish something even though you had a lot of difficult things to deal with. Put a star next to any of those times that were so difficult that you think most people would have given up. Review the list when you are done and give yourself a 1-10 “grit level” rating.

Here is the rating system:

1-3 stars = “Not much grit; need to work on not giving up and believing I can be successful.”

4-6 stars -= “Have quite a bit of grit; can overcome a lot of things and am ready to learn even more ways to be successful.”

7-10 stars= “Excellent amount of grit; can overcome most things and believe strongly in my own abilities.