Books Quote by Adam M. Grant

“When you are a happy person, you'll influence others to behave positively toward you.”

— Alan E. Nelson

“Takers have a knack for generating creative ideas and championing them in the face of opposition. Because they have supreme confidence in their own…

— Adam M. Grant

“When takers win, there’s usually someone else who loses. Research shows that people tend to envy successful takers and look for ways to knock…

— Adam M. Grant

When you smile you dont only appear to be more likable and courteous, you appear to be more competent.

— Suman Rai

“So if givers are most likely to land at the bottom of the success ladder, who’s at the top—takers or matchers? Neither. When I…

— Adam M. Grant

When you smile you don't only appear to be more likable and courteous, you appear to be more competent.

— Ron Gutman

I always want to be - and appear to be - competent. When I don't achieve that, I don't respond well.

— Melissa Leong

“Research shows that takers harbor doubts about others’ intentions, so they monitor vigilantly for information that others might harm them, treating others with suspicion…

— Adam M. Grant

“The worst performers and the best performers are givers; takers and matchers are more likely to land in the middle.”

— Adam M. Grant

Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we more anxious to display our knowledge than to learn what…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“takers and matchers make hard-and-fast assumptions about just who will be able to provide the most benefit in exchange. At its core, the giver…

— Adam M. Grant

“Givers need set limits because takers rarely do.”

— Rachel Wolchin