Caroline Adams Miller

Grit Speaker, Happiness & Goals Expert

Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, is a Positive Psychology expert, executive coach, speaker and bestselling author whose works include My Name is Caroline (Doubleday, 1988), Creating Your Best Life (Sterling, 2009) and Positively Caroline (Cogent 2013). She is often featured in international media, and gave a 2014 TEDx talk on grit. For more information go to: carolinemiller.com.

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Getting Grit

The Evidence-Based Approach to Cultivating Passion, Perseverance, and Purpose

by Caroline Adams Miller

Caroline Miller is an executive coach who has a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania where she studied with Martin Seligman and his colleagues, including Angela Duckworth who pioneered the science of grit. In fact, Angela says: “I don’t know anybody who has thought more than Caroline Miller about how to apply the scientific research on grit and achievement to our own lives.” Big Ideas we explore include the definition of authentic grit, how to get your grit on (it starts with a dream!), the importance of happiness (it comes first), why risk-taking is so important and how to persevere by struggling well.