But what exactly is grit, and how do we build it? Grit, literally defined, is mental toughness and courage. It’s the moment you pick yourself up after a failure and try again. It’s when you decide not ...

A reader, one whom I have already agitated by my laxity over could care less, inquires, with some trepidation, about try and: … I noticed that Geoffrey Pullum of the Language Log … used the phrase ...

Have you ever heard the proverb, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?” This proverb hails from the American educator Thomas H. Palmer, in his work, Teacher’s Manual. In short, this proverb ...

If at first you do succeed, you’ve probably set the bar too low. You’ve got excited, in that brand awayday workshop, by your first early thoughts, by that initial outpouring of inchoate ideas. And – ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.’ This is a common proverb. But do you know that it is actually a short poem entitled “Try (try) Again” written anonymously but popularly attributed ...

Life is not easy. Like building blocks, we try to build up a stable and secure future for ourselves and our loved ones. And then, “life happens,” and those building blocks can come tumbling down, and ...