Chapter 27: Further Reading

Essential Sources

Credé, M., Tynan, M. C., & Harms, P. D. (2017). "Much ado about grit: A meta-analytic synthesis of the grit literature." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113(3), 492–511. Key meta-analysis showing grit's high overlap with conscientiousness.

Hagger, M. S., et al. (2016). "A multilab preregistered replication of the ego-depletion effect." Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(4), 546–573. The 23-lab replication that found no ego depletion effect.

Macnamara, B. N., Hambrick, D. Z., & Oswald, F. L. (2014). "Deliberate practice and performance in music, games, sports, education, and professions: A meta-analysis." Psychological Science, 25(8), 1608–1618. Practice explains 1–26% of performance variance depending on domain.

Ericsson, A., & Pool, R. (2016). Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Ericsson's own popular book correcting Gladwell's misrepresentation.

Duckworth, A. (2016). Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Scribner. Read alongside the meta-analytic critiques.

Baumeister, R. F., & Tierney, J. (2011). Willpower. Penguin. Read with awareness that the foundational finding has failed to replicate.

Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers. Little, Brown. Chapter 2 on the 10,000-hour rule. Compare to Ericsson's actual claims.

Epstein, D. (2019). Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. Riverhead. Challenges the 10,000-hour narrative, arguing that breadth of experience is undervalued.

Singal, J. (2021). The Quick Fix. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Covers grit and growth mindset as examples of psychology oversold.