Pearls are some of the most beautiful gems we know, and very expensive to buy. So it may come as something of a surprise to learn that pearls start off as irritating grains of sand and other substances which get into the soft part of the oyster. The oyster is a mollusc, which means that it has a soft and very sensitive body inside its hinged shell. When a grain of sand or grit gets inside the shell and on to the soft body of the oyster, the creatures covers it with layer upon layer of a hard smooth substances called nacre, which is the same substance which makes mother-of-pearl.
Earlier today we were talking about a particular gritty person who sometimes produces an absolute pearl. Sometimes organisations and teams need grit (just the right amount though)
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