Counterintuitive Lessons on Non-Conformity with Adam Grant
Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York times writer on work and psychology joins us share counterintuitive lessons on non-conformity from his new book, Originals Highlights Getting comfortable with ideas that people may not agree...
Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York times writer on work and psychology joins us share counterintuitive lessons on non-conformity from his new book, Originals
Highlights
- Getting comfortable with ideas that people may not agree with
- Paying attention to the moments that mesmerize us
- Developing confidence in yourself as a learner
- Breaking conformist behavioral patterns in the education system
- System justification theory and how it impacts our decisions
- Instructor driven vs student lead learning
- A key to overcoming the fear of failure
Quotes
I think people have the relationship with confidence and success backwards. Confidence is won through success.
I almost think at this point conformity is the new originality
We’ve known for decades that the best way to learn something is to teach it
Quantity is the best path to originality
Books
Originals: How Nonconformists Move the World
Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
Adam Grant is Wharton’s top-rated professor and a New York Times writer on work and psychology. He has been recognized as one of the world’s 25 most influential management thinkers, HR’s most influential international thinkers, the world’s 40 best business professors under 40, and Malcolm Gladwell’s favorite thinkers. Previously, he was a record-setting advertising director, a junior Olympic springboard diver, and a professional magician.
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