Blog - Caroline Adams Miller

Protected: 5 Proven Ways to Pump Up Your Happiness — and Your Grit!

How to Do Hard Things & Struggle Well (& Why It’s Worth It!)

By Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP The Tong Leong School of Martial Arts is the last martial arts academy many would expect to find in the...

How These 9 Simple Actions Can Help You Feel Happier (& Get More Grit!)

October 25, 2017 By Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP When I entered the positive psychology field, one of the embryonic areas was called “positive interventions,” which...

How to Get More Grit: 10 Traits That Every Authentically Gritty Person Needs

October 10, 2017 By Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP The Good, the Bad & the Authentically Gritty // Part 3: Authentic Grit To qualify for the...

How to Know When Achieving Goals Turns from Grit into Just Plain Stupid

October 2, 2017 By Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP The Good, the Bad & the Authentically Gritty // Part 2: Bad Grit – Stubborn Grit Cautionary...

When Grit Goes Bad: Faux Grit & Other Cautionary Tales – Part 2: Bad Grit – Faux Grit

October 2, 2017 By Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP Cautionary tales about how using some of the strengths that comprise grit, but without evincing key traits...

The Good, the Bad and the Authentically Gritty // Part 1: Good Grit

September 24, 2017 By Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP At this point, you’ve probably heard of “grit.” Angela Duckworth defines grit as the perseverance and passion...

Bubble-wrapped teacups, snowflakes, and safe spaces

September 24, 2017 By Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP An excerpt from Getting Grit – “When Grit is Gone” A recent article in the Washington Post...

10 Questions To Help You Develop Authentic Grit – Success Magazine

September 1, 2017 By Caroline Adams Miller One of the reasons I feel so compelled to work in the field of motivation is because I...

Can Hurricane Harvey Unleash a Grit Revolution?

August 30, 2017 Millions of Americans have been glued to news reports since the historic storm known as Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas last...

Can Money Buy Happiness? Yes, Sometimes! — The BBC World News Live

July 25, 2017 BBC World News Live with Laura Trevelyan New research shows that using money to buy assistance with doing chores like housekeeping, gardening,...

Caroline Adams Miller: The Road to Grit

July 24, 2017 The Good Life Project Podcast with host Jonathan Fields Guest: For almost three decades Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP has been a leading voice in applying the...