Paul Tough Quotes

People high in conscientiousness get better grades in high school and college; they commit fewer crimes; and they stay married longer.

What if the Secret to Success is Failure?.

If kids've been overprotected from failure in childhood, they get out into the world and they really get thrown off.

Optimists, by contrast, look for specific, limited, short-term explanations for bad events, and as a result, in the face of a setback, they’re more likely to pick themselves up and try again.

And in most highly academic environments in the United States, no one fails anything.