校长说：坚毅力为何是孩子成功的关键？

今天我们的主题是坚毅力，首先我们从一个故事开始。

Today my topic is Grit. Let me start with a story.

曾经有一个年轻人想要成为演员，他甚至自己写了剧本，想成为故事的男主角。为此他做了充足的准备。当时的好莱坞有500家电影公司，他就挨家挨户地上门拜访，推销自己和剧本。结果500家拜访完了，没有一家愿意给他机会。

There was once a young man who wanted to be an actor. He even wrote his own script and wanted to be the leading actor of the story. He made a lot of preparations for this. At that time, there were 500 film companies in Hollywood. He visited door-to-door to promote himself and the script. As a result, he visited all of the 500 film companies, and none of them was willing to give him a chance.

这个年轻人决定从头再来一遍，还是把那500家拜访了个遍。得到的依然全部都是拒绝。这个年轻人却没有气馁，他居然又从头开始，一家一家地把这500家拜访了一遍。得到的却依然是不行。

The young man decided to start all over again, and visited the 500 companies again. All he got was still rejection. The young man was not discouraged. He revisited the 500 companies one by one again. Unfortunately, what he got was still No.

如果你是这个年轻人，你已经被拒绝了1500次，你会怎么办？

If you were this young man and you had been rejected 1500 times, what would you do?

让人惊讶的是，这个年轻人居然咬紧牙关，再次从头开始，一家一家的拜访。这一次，到了第350家的时候，对方终于答应看看他的剧本，最终给了他一次机会，投资了他的故事，让他成为了故事的男主角。

Surprisingly, the young man did not give up. He then visited one company after another again. This time, at the 350th company, he finally got it. This company agreed to see his script, and eventually gave him a chance to be the leading actor of his story.

被拒绝了1849次还能坚持下去，是不是很让人觉得不可思议？你是不是还会怀疑我说的故事是不是真的？那就让我来告诉你吧。这是一个真实的故事。这个年轻人就是美国著名演员史泰龙。

Is it incredible that someone can persist in his goal after being rejected 1849 times? Actually, this is a true story. The young man is a famous American actor called Stallone.

为什么我要讲他的故事呢？因为我认为他在故事中表现出来的坚持不懈，积极尝试很好地诠释了坚毅力。

Why am I telling his story? Because I think his perseverance and constant trying in the story can very well explain what grit is.

安吉拉·达克沃思（Angela Duckworth）是全球领先的“坚毅力”专家，她对坚毅力（GRIT）的定义是对长期成就的一种热情和持续的坚持。并且不需要特别关注奖励或表彰。它将逆境抵抗力，壮志雄心和自我管理结合在一起，以追求可能需要数月，数年甚至数十年的目标。

Angela Duckworth is the world’s leading expert on grit. As Duckworth defines it, grit is passion and sustained persistence applied toward long-term achievement, with no particular concern for rewards or recognition along the way. It combines resilience, ambition, and self-control in the pursuit of goals that take months, years, or even decades.

我相信大家都跟史泰龙一样都有各自的目标和梦想。可是在追求自己的目标和理想过程中，一定不会是一帆风顺的。下次，当你遇到困难和挫败时，让我们像史泰龙一样，坚持不懈，不断尝试。

让我们在日常的学习和生活中去锻炼我们的坚毅力。

I believe everybody like Stallone. We all have our own goals and dreams. However, in the process of pursuing the goals, it will not be a smooth journey. When we encounter difficulties and setbacks along the way, let's keep trying like Stallone. 

Let's exercise our perseverance in our daily life.