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You Can Have Too Much Grit—And That’s the Problem #shorts

6 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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A single-speaker YouTube short (by Ashish Kothari) critiquing the cultural praise of relentless grit. The speaker recounts returning from a traumatic brain injury and describes the internal cost of 'pushing through'—feeling broken inside despite outward praise—and expresses ambivalence: valuing grit but warning it can be harmful. The speaker urges giving oneself and others grace, acknowledging that failure is inevitable and that sometimes stopping or resting is appropriate.

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I don't quit, I will crash and get back up and people will tell me I am so strong because I'm bloody and broken figuratively and inside, like in reality and in figuratively, like I might be real broken inside. And they're like, you're so strong. You came back from this traumatic brain injury and this and you're bloody and you get back on your bike. But inside I'm just really broken and maybe sometimes I shouldn't have pushed through and so I don't want to glorify that, but I love having that quality. But sometimes pushing through in that grid isn't always the best option. And that's when grace comes in because you will fail. That's inevitable. And sometimes it's good to give yourself that grace to say you have done enough, like, it's okay, give yourself grace and if you have the space in your heart and mental capacity at the moment, give other selves grace, assuming that they're doing their best as well.