Adam Grant Quotes
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Kids who evolve into creative adults tend to have a strong moral compass.
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Creativity may be hard to nurture, but it's easy to thwart.
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I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile.
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When you procrastinate, you're more likely to let your mind wander. That gives you a better chance of stumbling onto the unusual and spotting unexpected patterns.
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Saying no frees you up to say yes when it matters most.
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By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
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I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.
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We all have original ideas. Even if we don't see ourselves as supercreative or as wild nonconformists, we have insights every day about how the world around us could be better. It might be a better way of running meetings in your office that would be less mind-numbing. It might be a little twist on a product or a service.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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Frenemies are worse than enemies, and it's not just in the workplace.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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A resilient culture has a certain amount of resistance embedded in it. Not so much to capsize it, but enough so that it doesn't atrophy.
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If I had the day off and knew everyone else was voting, I wouldn't miss it. It would become a routine part of my responsibility as a citizen - like paying taxes, only less soul crushing.
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Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.
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As a man, it is true that I will never know what it is like to be a woman. As an organizational psychologist, though, I feel a responsibility to bring evidence to bear on dynamics of work life that affect all of us, not only half of us.
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The opposite of an underminer is a supporter. When colleagues are supportive, they go out of their way to be givers rather than takers, working to enhance our productivity, make us look good, share ideas, and provide timely help.
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When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow.
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Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence.
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Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.
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Perhaps gaining power doesn't cause people to act like takers. It simply creates the opportunity for people who think like takers to express themselves.