Adam Grant

“By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.”

“Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.”

“Having a sense of security in one realm gives us the freedom to be original in another. By covering our bases financially, we escape the pressure to publish half-baked books, sell shoddy art, or launch untested businesses. When”

“As a man, it is true that I will never know what it is like to be a woman. As an organizational psychologist, though, I feel a responsibility to bring evidence to bear on dynamics of work life that affect all of us, not only half of us.”

“For years, I believed that anything worth doing was worth doing early. In graduate school, I submitted my dissertation two years in advance. In college, I wrote my papers weeks early and finished my thesis four months before the due date. My roommates joked that I had a productive form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.”

“When making decisions about people, stop confusing experience with evidence. Just as owning a car doesn't make you an expert on engines, having a brain doesn't mean you understand psychology.”

“For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women.”

“Negative feedback can make people feel inferior.”

“You want people who choose to follow because they genuinely believe in ideas, not because they're afraid to be punished if they don't. For startups, there's so much pivoting that's required that if you have a bunch of sheep, you're in bad shape.”

“The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.”

“I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.”

“Practice makes perfect, but it doesn’t make new”

“If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.”

“I believe that the most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed.”

“I'm a precrastinator. Yes, that's an actual term. You know that panic you feel a few hours before a big deadline when you haven't done anything yet? I just feel that a few months ahead of time.”

“When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.”

“If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.”

“Being a giver is not about saying yes to all of the people all of the time to all of the requests.”

“In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.”

“People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.”