Adam Grant

Conformity is dangerous.

— Adam Grant

To grow, people need to be challenged.

— Adam Grant

I'm not a fan of being inauthentic.

— Adam Grant

Power frees us from the chains of conformity.

— Adam Grant

Enemies make better allies than frenemies.

— Adam Grant

If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.

— Adam Grant

“Sean Parker, and Half.com founder Josh Kopelman—not to”

— Adam Grant

Procrastinating is a vice when it comes to productivity, but it can be a virtue for creativity.

— Adam Grant

The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.

— Adam Grant

When people are depending on us, we end up finding strength we didn't know we had.

— Adam Grant

I try to get as close as I can to cleaning out my inbox every night.

— Adam Grant

Negative relationships are unpleasant but predictable.

— Adam Grant

I believe that the most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed.

— Adam Grant

If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.

— Adam Grant

It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile life is and that there are…

— Adam Grant

When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious…

— Adam Grant

In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely…

— Adam Grant

Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.

— Adam Grant

When you're dealing with an ambivalent relationship, you're constantly on guard, grappling with questions of trust.

— Adam Grant

By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be…

— Adam Grant

The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.

— Adam Grant

When takers talk about mistakes, they're usually quick to place the blame on other people. Givers are more likely to say 'Here's…

— Adam Grant

Teams need the opportunity to learn about each other's capabilities and develop productive routines. So once we get the right people on…

— Adam Grant

As a man, it is true that I will never know what it is like to be a woman. As an organizational…

— Adam Grant

Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and clients don't trust them. Givers build…

— Adam Grant

For years, I believed that anything worth doing was worth doing early. In graduate school, I submitted my dissertation two years in…

— Adam Grant

Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it…

— Adam Grant

To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people collaborate toward a common goal, great…

— Adam Grant

When young women get called bossy, it's often because they're trying to exercise power without status. It's not a problem that they're…

— Adam Grant

“Reasoning does create a paradox: it leads both to more rule following and more rebelliousness. By explaining moral principles, parents encourage their…

— Adam Grant

Most people believe that great leaders are distinguished by their ability to give compelling answers. This profound book shatters that assumption, showing…

— Adam Grant

Creativity may be hard to nurture, but it's easy to thwart.

— Adam Grant

“highly successful people have three things in common: motivation, ability, and opportunity.”

— Adam Grant

Frenemies are worse than enemies, and it's not just in the workplace.

— Adam Grant

I have lots of micro-goals of trying to get things done, whatever the amount of time available.

— Adam Grant

The most meaningful way to succeed is to help others succeed.

— Adam Grant

Some people are selfish in all of their relationships. Those people are called sociopaths.

— Adam Grant

I spend a lot of my time trying to help leaders build cultures of productive givers.

— Adam Grant

Negative feedback can make people feel inferior.

— Adam Grant

Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.

— Adam Grant