SAN FRANCISCO — Earlier this month, more than 50 women attorneys gathered at the Bar Association of San Francisco for a discussion on psychological traits that can help them get ahead professionally. This week, the program is going national.

The American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession is launching “The Grit Project,” an online tool kit that preaches two psychological principles: grit, which is similar to perseverance, and growth mindset, a belief in the ability to develop skills versus seeing them as predetermined.