Supplemental Reading Resources
Shannon has also complied a reading guide for book clubs as well as a teaching guide that corresponds with The Grit Factor.
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Going for Grit Fieldbook
Going For Grit Fieldbook is designed to accompany the Going for Grit Learning Journey at the Grit Institute, with all required work pages, and additional inspiration and space for notetaking and planning.
Paths to Purpose Fieldbook
The Paths to Purpose Fieldbook is designed to accompany the Paths 2 Purpose Learning Journey at The Grit Institute, with all required work pages, and additional inspiration and space for notetaking and planning.
Other Writing
Business and Leadership
The Most Important Trait for 2021, Psychology Today
“I was one of the first female fighter helicopter pilots in the US Army. Here's the technique I used to stay motivated while waiting for an assignment.”, Business Insider
“Opinion: What you can learn from two prisoners of war about coping with the coronavirus pandemic’s challenges”, Market Watch
“This Military Mom’s ‘Grit’ Exercise Is Key to Surviving the Pandemic”, Working Mother, November 2020
“Celebrate Service, Not a Uniform, This Veterans Day | Opinion”, Newsweek, November 2020
“Grit: Going Back to the Foundation”, Psychology Today, September 2020
“Exercising Grit in Challenging Times”, Wiley Online Library, July 2020
“New Rules for Old Opinions?”, Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, July 2020
“Three Things You Must Do To Get Diversity Right”, Forbes
“Nine Things New Leaders Need to Know”, Huffington Post
“How Putting People First Strengthens Your Team”, Huffington Post
Outdoors
“A Grisly Death in Alaska”, High Country News
“Snow Bound”, Seattle Magazine
“Wolves of Denali” , “Lands on Fire," Alaska Magazine
Short Story
“Brown Bird”, included in The Road Ahead, a veterans anthology
Personal Essay and Blog
“Some/One”, River Teeth Journal
“The Log Cabin,” Trachadon Magazine
“An Encounter”, Adventum Magazine
“Naked: A Triptych”, The Utne Reader (republished from Ruminate Magazine)
Good Letters Contributions, Image Magazine on Patheos
