Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Want to spend less time on your phone? Stop relying on willpower. Instead, make your environment work for you.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Angela Duckworth found a striking pattern when she matched teenagers’ study habits with their high school grades: the farther away the phone, the higher the GPA. “Physical distance creates psychological distance,” she says. Sometimes changing your behavior starts by changing what’s within sight and reach.
Angela’s new book, Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, is out today! In the hotly anticipated follow-up to Grit, she builds on her groundbreaking research to reveal another side to high achievement: perseverance matters, but so do the situations that help us sustain it. And by changing our situation, we can change what we're capable of.
Angela is a MacArthur Genius and a pioneering psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. A Lavin Exclusive Speaker, she gives practical, research-backed keynotes on grit, achievement, and how we can bring out the best in ourselves and others.
Learn more about her and her new book on our website at the link in bio!
Want to spend less time on your phone? Stop relying on willpower. Instead, make your environment work for you.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Angela Duckworth found a striking pattern when she matched teenagers’ study habits with their high school grades: the farther away the phone, the higher the GPA. “Physical distance creates psychological distance,” she says. Sometimes changing your behavior starts by changing what’s within sight and reach.
Angela’s new book, Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, is out today! In the hotly anticipated follow-up to Grit, she builds on her groundbreaking research to reveal another side to high achievement: perseverance matters, but so do the situations that help us sustain it. And by changing our situation, we can change what we're capable of.
Angela is a MacArthur Genius and a pioneering psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. A Lavin Exclusive Speaker, she gives practical, research-backed keynotes on grit, achievement, and how we can bring out the best in ourselves and others.
Learn more about her and her new book on our website at the link in bio!
