Emotional Success: The Power of Gratitude, Compassion, and Pride

A string of bestsellers have alerted us to the importance of grit-an ability to persevere and control one's impulses that is closely associated with greatness. But no book yet has charted the most accessible and powerful path to grit: our prosocial emotions. These feelings-gratitude, compassion, and pride-are easier to generate than the willpower and self-denial that underpin traditional approaches to grit. And, while willpower is quickly depleted, prosocial emotions actually become stronge...