Angela Duckworth’s ‘Situated’ Challenges Traditional Self-Improvement Thinking

Angela Duckworth wrote a book called “Situated.”

It looks at how people try to improve themselves.

The book says willpower is important, but it is not the whole story.

Our friends, homes, workplaces, and other surroundings can affect what we do.

Helpful environments may make good choices easier.

Difficult environments may make them harder.

Duckworth suggests that changing what surrounds us can sometimes help us grow.

This means self-improvement is not always about fixing something inside ourselves.