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Adam Grant.

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

Adam Grant (born 1981) is an American organizational psychologist and the author of Hidden Potential.

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West Bloomfield, Michigan
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1981
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“Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments.”

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Hidden Potential

Adam Grant

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Psychology · 2023

Hidden Potential

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant argues that how far we go depends less on where we start and more on how much we grow, and shows how to unlock that growth.

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  1. Growth beats head startPotential is about how far you climb, not where you begin.
  2. Character skillsTraits like being proactive, disciplined and willing to learn can be developed.
  3. Get comfortable with discomfortTrying new things before you feel ready speeds up learning.
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