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Adam Grant

Adam Grant

Wharton professor, author and New York Times writer on work and psychology.

Adam Grant is Wharton’s top-rated professor and a New York Times writer on work and psychology. He has been recognized as one of the world’s 25 most influential management thinkers, HR’s most influential international thinkers, the world’s 40 best business professors under 40, and Malcolm Gladwell’s favorite social science writers. Previously, he was a record-setting advertising director, a junior Olympic springboard diver, and a professional magician.

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Originals

How Non-Conformists Move the World

by Adam Grant

Adam Grant is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and the top-ranked Professor at Wharton. He’s also a great writer. In Originals, we take a look at “How Non-Conformists Move the World.” Big Ideas we explore in the Note include vuja de, creating a ton of stuff, activating your GO! system when fear strikes, the fact that venting just fuels anger (and why empathetic anger is where it’s at), and how proper revolutions are less about cataclysmic explosions and more about long, controlled burns.

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Creativity & Leadership

Anger fear Modern Classic Non-conformity Work

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What Shakespeare, Beethoven & Picasso Have in Common
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Want to Create Something Great? Create a Ton.

In our last +1, we talked about how to get an “A” in your next pottery class. Quick re-cap: Produce a TON of stuff. (Remember: 50 lbs = an “A”!) Today’s +1: Let’s reflect on the fact that Adam Grant echoes this wisdom in his great book Originals. He backs up the importance of creating a high ...

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Conquering Perfectionism & Creativity

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Batting .300
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Is Hall of Fame Material (in Life + Baseball)

I don’t know about you, but I’m still kind of attached to the idea that I should never make a mistake. I mean, I get it intellectually. We’ve gotta remember to have a growth mindset, that you can’t do anything great without some setbacks, no movie was ever shot in one perfect sequence of scenes�...

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Confidence & Conquering Perfectionism

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Fear: Stop or Go? (Part II)
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Step on the Gas and Let’s Do This!

In our last +1, we talked about the power of conjuring up a “Go!!” sign in our minds rather than a “Stop!” sign when we encounter fear. Adam Grant encourages us to approach things like that as well. Here’s how he puts it in Originals. Note1: He shares this wisdom in the context of the whole “...

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Confidence & Peak Performance

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Aristotle (+ Adam Grant) on Anger
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And Channeling It Virtuously

In our last +1, we met an enraged Mister Rogers channeling his love in service to his ideals. (You watch this video yet? I challenge you to not get goosebumps/tears in your eyes as you watch a hero in action.) We talked about that video in the context of this wisdom-gem from Fred: “The values we care a...

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Leadership & Purpose

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