“Progress always involves risk. You can’t steal second and keep one foot on first base.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“One of the keys to cultivating grit is making the task at hand more interesting and motivating.” — Adam M. Grant Motivation Copy Share Image
“Strong ties provide bonds, but weak ties serve as bridges: they provide more efficient access to new information. Our strong ties tend… — Adam M. Grant Social Circle Copy Share Image
“there’s a fine line between having a strong culture and operating like a cult. For” — Adam M. Grant Culture Copy Share Image
“It takes time for givers to build goodwill and trust, but eventually, they establish reputations and relationships that enhance their success.” — Adam M. Grant Success Copy Share Image
“In three studies, gender expert Jennifer Berdahl found that sexual harassment isn’t primarily motivated by sexual desire: Women who meet feminine standards… — Adam M. Grant Beauty Copy Share Image
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world,” E. B.… — Adam M. Grant Desire Copy Share Image
“The Reciprocity Ring created a context that encouraged takers to act like givers, and the key lies in making giving public. Takers… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“We were in the audience, your closest colleagues and devoted associates, who worked hard and faithfully for the same goal that you… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Takers, the study’s authors report, “attain influence because they behave in ways that make them appear competent—even when they actually lack competence.” — Adam M. Grant Books Copy Share Image
“We tend to stereotype agreeable people as givers, and disagreeable people as takers. When a new contact appears affable, it’s natural to… — Adam M. Grant Good intentions Copy Share Image
“Powerless communication had made all the difference. Instead of working to establish my credentials, I made myself vulnerable, and called out the… — Adam M. Grant Communication Copy Share Image
“Argue like you’re right and listen like you’re wrong.” When” — Adam M. Grant Communication Copy Share Image
“We all have goals for our own individual achievments, and it turns out that the givers who excel are willing to ask… — Adam M. Grant Ask for help Copy Share Image
“evidence shows that physicians consistently think their patients are feeling less pain than they actually are. Without being in a state of… — Adam M. Grant Medicine Copy Share Image
“Peter Drucker, these “knowledge workers, unlike manual workers in manufacturing, own the means of production: they carry that knowledge in their heads… — Adam M. Grant Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“Takers have a knack for generating creative ideas and championing them in the face of opposition. Because they have supreme confidence in… — Adam M. Grant Confidence Copy Share Image
“This doesn’t feel like I’m persuading you. As Aronson explains, you’ve been convinced by someone you already like and trust: Yourself.” — Adam M. Grant Trust yourself Copy Share Image
“The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle writes that “From a scientific perspective, it was as if the researchers had traced the lineage of… — Adam M. Grant Programming Copy Share Image
“most of the jobs you get are more or less through word of mouth, or a recommendation. It’s really important to have… — Adam M. Grant Word of mouth Copy Share Image
“that if you don’t take initiative, the status quo will persist.” — Adam M. Grant Status quo Copy Share Image
“responsibility bias is a major source of failed collaborations. Professional relationships disintegrate when entrepreneurs, inventors, investors, and executives feel that their partners… — Adam M. Grant Business Copy Share Image
“By asking on behalf of his family, instead of himself, Sameer was maintaining an image as a giver. He showed that he… — Adam M. Grant Business Copy Share Image
“The takers blamed their partners for failures and claimed credit for successes. The givers shouldered the blame for failures and gave their… — Adam M. Grant Failure Copy Share Image
