Growing up, I heard the word genius a lot_GRIT PREFACE by jooha

1. flopped down/apropos of(=with regard to)
During a commercial break for The Love Boat, or after he flopped down on the coach with the Wall Street Journal


2. By one's yardstick
by his yardstick, none of us measured up to Einstein. Dad worried that this intellectual handicap would limit what we'd eventually achieve in life


3. turn to someone
Two years ago, i was fortunate enough to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes called the "genius grant"
When I receive the unexpected call telling me the news, my first reaction was one of gratitude and amazement

Then my thoughts turned to my dad and his offhand diagnoses of my intellectual potential.


Impressive sentences
What's more, I know that grit is mutable, not fixed, and I have insights from research about how to grow it....