# The Key to Success: Grit

stratospheric: very high or great 

• The project had proved a stratospheric success.

decimal:  a number expressed using a system of counting based on number ten

• Three fifths expressed as a decimal is 0.6. 

grit: courage and determination despite difficulty 

• It takes true grit to stand up to a bully.  

drop out: to stop doing something before you have completely finished

• He dropped out of the race after two laps. 

rookie: a person who is new to an organization or an activity

• These rookie cops don't know anything yet. 

What do you think is the key to success?

   effort, insist, think of failure as experience