Grit can be defined as the tenacious pursuit of long-term challenging goals. Researchers and policy makers implicate grit in academic and economic success. Although not always included in definitions nor emphasized in practice, researchers contend that passion above all other components of grit is predictive of achievement. Thus, proponents of grit include passion in their conceptualization, pointing to the need for students' experience to be organized around the identification of and commitment to passion. Under the guise of a humanism, passion has become something to be technically managed through deliberative pedagogical practices with the expectation that grit will be a corollary. The motivation for this pedagogical focus is tied to requirements for passionate work. Those who form a strong emotional connection to a goal have value for neoliberal economic arrangements as they are associated with a relentless commitment to innovate, solve problems, and become entrepreneurs. Such persons are efficient, self-regulated, and tenacious.