“If creative procrastination, selectively applied, prevented Leonardo from finishing a few commissions—of minor importance when one is struggling with the inner workings… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“By developing a strong network, people can gain invaluable access to knowledge, expertise, and influence. Extensive research demonstrates that people with rich… — Adam M. Grant Money Copy Share Image
“Part of the value of the ongoing dialogue is you can tell pretty quickly who’s faking it, because the good conversations and… — Adam M. Grant Communication Copy Share Image
“I ask if you’re planning to vote, you don’t feel like I’m trying to influence you. It’s an innocent query, and instead… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“There’s even evidence that compared with takers, on average, givers earn 14 percent less money, have twice the risk of becoming victims… — Adam M. Grant Money Copy Share Image
“Shifting the focus from why to how can help people become less radical. In a series of experiments, when people with extreme… — Adam M. Grant Help people Copy Share Image
“takers sometimes win in independent roles where performance is only about individual results, givers thrive in interdependent roles where collaboration matters.” — Adam M. Grant Teamwork Copy Share Image
“This is the core challenge of speaking up with an original idea. When you present a new suggestion, you’re not only hearing… — Adam M. Grant Creativity Copy Share Image
“Whereas selfless givers make the mistake of trusting others all the time, otherish givers start out with trust as the default assumption,… — Adam M. Grant Failure Copy Share Image
“psychological safety—the belief that you can take a risk without being penalized or punished.” — Adam M. Grant Faith Copy Share Image
“The presence of a single giver was enough to establish a norm of giving.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“As physicist Max Planck once observed, “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the… — Adam M. Grant Science Copy Share Image
“People often take because they don’t realize that they’re deviating from the norm. In these situations, showing them the norm is often… — Adam M. Grant Motivation Copy Share Image
“Entering negotiations, takers typically work to establish a dominant position. Had Annie been a taker, she might have compiled a list of… — Adam M. Grant Elementary school Copy Share Image
“One of the best things about developing that credibility was if I wanted to try something that was fairly strange, people would… — Adam M. Grant Books Copy Share Image
“When confronted with the idea of a digital camera, leaders repeatedly asked, “Where’s the film? There’s no film?” — Adam M. Grant Cinema Copy Share Image
“New research shows that advice seeking is a surprisingly effective strategy for exercising influence when we lack authority.” — Adam M. Grant Power Copy Share Image
“As Adam Smith put it centuries ago: “the emotion which we feel for the misery of others… is by no means confined… — Adam M. Grant Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“Based on David Hornik’s story, you might predict that givers achieve the worst results—and you’d be right. Research demonstrates that givers sink… — Adam M. Grant Success Copy Share Image
“In fact, the only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion.” Ralph Waldo Emerson” — Adam M. Grant Ralph waldo Copy Share Image
“giving was the only characteristic to predict performance: it didn’t matter whether the salespeople were conscientious or carefree, extroverted or introverted, emotionally… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Research by Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson shows that in the type of psychologically safe environment that Meyer helped create, people… — Adam M. Grant Engineering Copy Share Image
“three major traps that plague many givers, male and female, in their dealings with other people: being too trusting, too empathetic, and… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Through talking tentatively, the powerless speakers earned prestige: they showed openness to proactive ideas that would benefit the group.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Meyer summarizes his code of honor as “(1) Show up. (2) Work hard. (3) Be kind. (4) Take the high road.” — Adam M. Grant Code of honor Copy Share Image
