418: Getting Grit with Caroline Adams Miller, Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker and Educator

<p>Caroline is one of the world’s leading experts on the science behind successful goal setting and the use of ‘good grit’ to achieve hard things. For more than 30 years, she’s been sharing her research-backed, actionable strategies to help people cultivate more grit and dig deeper to clarify and achieve their toughest goals. Achieving hard goals is one of the most rewarding things we can do in both our personal and professional lives.</p> <p>Caroline’s TEDx talk, “The Moments That Make Champions,” explores the three things that we can choose to do differently to improve our chances of developing authentic grit. Caroline has a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, graduated <em>magna cum laude</em> from Harvard, and teaches at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School’s Executive Education program. Caroline is the author of six books, including Creating Your Best Life (Sterling 2009 and 2021) and <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1622039203/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=carolinemille-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1622039203&linkId=d76fca31dd97444de15ceb4d71d64707" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Getting Grit</em></a> (Sounds True 2017). L<em>ive Happy Magazine</em> named <em>Creating Your Best Life </em>one of the <a href= "https://www.livehappy.com/practice/reading/10-best-books-help-achieve-your-goals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top 10 goal setting books ever published</a> and <em>Getting G</em>rit one of the <a href= "https://www.livehappy.com/practice/reading/top-10-books-will-change-your-life-2017" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 books that would change your life in 2017</a>. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation. </p> <p>In this episode, Caroline and Cindra discuss:</p> <ul> <li>What is authentic grit</li> <li>2 life-changing exercises to help you find your best possible future self</li> <li>3 types of grit we don’t want to cultivate</li> <li>Strategies to build our grit