Best quotes by Adam Grant on People

Checkout quotes by Adam Grant on People

• ‟ Being a nice person is about courtesy: you're friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them.

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• ‟ I believe that the most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed.

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

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• ‟ In the workplace, many people become helicopter managers, hovering over their employees in a well-intentioned but ill-fated attempt to provide support. These are givers gone awry - people so desperate to help others that they develop a white knight complex and end up causing harm instead.

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• ‟ Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.

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• ‟ If you don't hire originals, you run the risk of people disagreeing but not voicing their dissent.

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• ‟ Creativity is generating ideas that are novel and useful. I define originals as people who go beyond dreaming up the ideas and take initiative to make their visions a reality.

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• ‟ Some people are selfish in all of their relationships. Those people are called sociopaths.

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• ‟ When takers talk about mistakes, they're usually quick to place the blame on other people. Givers are more likely to say 'Here's the mistake I made; I learned the following from it. Here are the steps I'm taking to make sure I don't let people down in the future.'

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• ‟ Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a panacea. If you don't meditate, there's no need to stress out about it.

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• ‟ To get real diversity of thought, you need to find the people who genuinely hold different views and invite them into the conversation.

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• ‟ Agreeable people are warm and friendly. They're nice; they're polite. You find a lot of them in Canada.

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