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Adam Grant Quotes

born 1981 United States

United States
Academics
Psychologists
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Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments.

"Authenticity without boundaries is careless. Authenticity without empathy is selfish."

Embrace confident humility: argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong.

I don’t think there’s any skill more critical for success than resilience...I think about resilience as the speed and strength of your response to adversity.

Generosity is not a loan to repay or a debt to settle. It's a gift to appreciate. You reciprocate a favor by paying it back. You honor an act of kindness by paying it forward.

Young kids have wider circles of concern than adults. Adults expect people to enjoy the misfortune of groups they dislike. But 3-5-year-olds expect people to care about everyone's suffering. Compassion is an instinct—we don't have to learn it. We need to stop unlearning it.

"If you've ever had a boss who one day had your back and then the next day stabbed you in the back, or vice versa, that's a lot more stressful if we look at the research, than just having the boss who you knew was gonna stab you in the back."

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Adam Grant (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.