Only people who are willing and able to see the most challenging tasks through to the end are capable of “building something remarkable,” according to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.
“Virtually everything that’s worth doing takes that type of persistence and resilience,” Jassy recently told Amazon employees, identifying the two traits he believes are key ingredients of success, according to a company blog post published on Dec. 2.
Many other experts agree that persistence and resilience are necessary traits for pushing past inevitable obstacles and bouncing back from unexpected failures. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is adamant that everyone needs to encounter, and overcome, “pain and suffering” in order to develop the character necessary to achieve “greatness.”
Mentally resilient people are more likely to recover from challenges and persist in spite of them, helping them take calculated risks to solve problems and live a happier life, according to Wharton organizational psychologist Adam Grant.
“I don’t think there’s any skill more critical for success than resilience,” Grant told CNBC Make It in June 2017.
