“research shows that givers get extra credit when they offer ideas that challenge the status quo.” — Adam M. Grant Status quo Copy Share Image
“by encouraging us to expect the worst in others it brings out the worst in us: dreading the role of the chump,… — Adam M. Grant Expect The Worst Copy Share Image
“Meyer would generate plenty of ideas for episodes, but he rarely wrote the first draft. Instead, feeling that his skills were needed… — Adam M. Grant Dirty work Copy Share Image
“Sunk costs do have a small effect—decision makers are biased in favor of their previous investments—but three other factors are more powerful.… — Adam M. Grant Another chance Copy Share Image
“The primary purpose has already been served by your preparation for this exam” . . . Success doesn’t measure a human being, effort does. Studies” — Adam M. Grant Hard work Copy Share Image
“Steve Jones, the award-winning former CEO of one of the largest banks in Australia, wanted to know what made financial advisers successful.… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Good explanations enable children to develop a code of ethics that often coincides with societal expectations; when they don’t square up, children… — Adam M. Grant Children Copy Share Image
“Taking is using other people solely for one’s own gain. Receiving is accepting help from others while maintaining a willingness to pay… — Adam M. Grant Accepting Help Copy Share Image
“In the words of Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg, “Passionate people don’t wear their passion on their sleeves; they have… — Adam M. Grant Passion Copy Share Image
“Productive mediocrity requires discipline of an ordinary kind. It is safe and threatens no one. Nothing will be changed by mediocrity. . . . But… — Adam M. Grant Discipline Copy Share Image
“When people assume that others aren’t givers, they act and speak in ways that discourage others from giving, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.… — Adam M. Grant Ask for help Copy Share Image
“Many entrepreneurs take plenty of risks—but those are generally the failed entrepreneurs, not the success stories.”47” — Adam M. Grant Business Copy Share Image
“people of “genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds… — Adam M. Grant Innovation Copy Share Image
“Middle-status conservatism reflects the anxiety experienced by one who aspires to a social station but fears disenfranchisement.” The fall from low to… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“the five-minute favor. “You should be willing to do something that will take you five minutes or less for anybody.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
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