Situated

Angela Duckworth has done it again. Situated is the book you read when you’re tired of being told to ‘just try harder.’ Duckworth proves that the fastest way to change your results is to change your situation – your environment, your people, your defaults – so success gets easier, not harder. If you read one book this year to level up your life, make it this one.

Mel Robbins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Let Them Theory and host of The Mel Robbins Podcast

Illuminating and inspiring … Duckworth’s special skill is helping people find out what they’re truly capable of. Here she reveals the levers that can convert an impossible situation into one ripe with possibility. For anyone who feels stuck, this book offers a path to something new.

Carol Dweck, bestselling author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Angela’s first book, Grit, helped frame for me what success and joy truly require: hard work, determination, and believing in yourself no matter what the obstacles are, every day. This latest book explores an additional truth – one I wholeheartedly agree with – which is that much depends on the environment you create. Angela continues to motivate and inspire me to do my best work, for my family, my readers and myself.

Marie Kondo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and Letter from Japan

I’ve always believed grit is essential to great leadership. Angela’s insights in her new book Situated broadened my perspective – accomplishing difficult things isn’t just about inner resolve, but about recognising and harnessing the people, environments, and cultures that help you excel. This book offers a fresh, practical take on what drives real success.

Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorganChase

Situated is an incredibly fun read, with character-driven stories and gobs of eye-opening data. The soul of the book, however, is the liberating notion that our best selves can be achieved through tiny, manageable tweaks to our environment; freeing us from the shame-inducing cycle of failed willpower. I admire Angela deeply for her openness and vulnerability in pursuit of this highly impactful book.

Dax Shepard, actor, comedian, and host of the Armchair Expert podcast

This is how you do it. This is how you fuse the instructive insights of solid behavioral science with the flair of a superb communicator. Situated is brilliant and makes me envious.

Robert Cialdini, New York Times bestselling author of Influence and Pre-Suasion

It might not have seemed possible, but the author of Grit has outdone herself. The scholar who taught us about sticking with hard things now persuasively argues that in addition to passion and perseverance, you need a situation that supports you. This is an intensely personal book that shows how to make doing hard things easier.

David Brooks, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, writer for The Atlantic and bestselling author of How to Know a Person and The Road to Character

A captivating look at what it takes to gain more control over your destiny. Angela Duckworth has delivered a book that’s bursting with surprising science, alluring anecdotes and actionable advice about human agency. It’s the ultimate guide to changing your circumstances

Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking