I learned quite a bit from my reading. Grit is defined as motivation over a long period of time and a resilient perseverance in the face of challenges according to Katherine R. Von Culina, Eli Tsukayama, and Angela L. Duckworth in their article “Unpacking Grit.” These traits have been shown to have a strong correlation with happiness. The researchers of this article defined happiness in three distinct ways. First, there is pleasure seeking. The goal of this form is to seek out stimuli that feel good and avoid unpleasing stimuli. Then there is meaning, a faucet of happiness directed towards helping others. Lastly, the researchers discussed “distinct pursuit” in which a person completely dedicates themselves to the quest of complete mastery of a highly challenging skill. This dedication, though not always pleasing during the practice of the activity, is usually highly rewarding afterwards when success is reached. It is associated with achievement, work satisfaction, and creativity. The hypothesis of the scientists is that those people who are mostly concerned with pleasure will have the least grit due to their avoidance of anything that is a displeasing stimuli. People who are motivated by meaning are likely to have high amounts of grit, because they must develop their skills over a period of time in order to be able to help…show more content… I want to be able to help others when I enter the workforce, and this is the driving force behind my current studies. I know that the more I learn, the better I will be in my career path. I also know that my grades at least partially determine my opportunities in the future. In service occupations the best individual for the job is usually the one who will put the most effort into helping the “client” and the one who has the greatest amount of experience and knowledge to draw upon. Both of these factors of personality are visible in your work as a