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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · September 9, 2026 · 2h 1m
Angela Duckworth #3 (on bringing out your best)
Angela Duckworth returns to discuss her new book 'Situated', which explores how people and places shape our potential. She shares a near-drowning story, reflects on a 15-year-delayed apology to a fellow author, and reveals how a graduate student’s critique of 'Grit' redirected her research. Dax and Angela talk about the arrival fallacy, why Leon Marchand changed his environment to break a world record, and why grit alone isn’t enough.
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Angela explains that achieving a goal rarely leads to lasting happiness because of the arrival fallacy.
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Angela describes how environmental cues influence behavior non-consciously, and that changing your situation can give you more agency.
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