Dharma HallVolume XThe Thirty-Seven Factors of Awakening

Grit Without Foundation Is Hollow

Duckworth wrote an entire book on "the power of perseverance" — corresponding to the fifth category, five powers. But she only covered persistence without the preceding four steps. Without observation, action, stabilization, and rooting as foundation, persistence alone is hollow. You don't know why, what, or how to persist.