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“THIS. This is the right book for right now. Yes, learning requires focus. But, unlearning and relearning requires much more—it requires choosing courage over comfort. In Think Again, Adam Grant weaves together research and storytelling to help us build the intellectual and emotional muscle we need to stay curious enough about the world to actually change it. I’ve never felt so hopeful about what I don’t know.”
—Brené Brown, Ph.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead
"Think Again is a must-read for anyone who wants to create a culture of learning and exploration, whether at home, at work, or at school... In an increasingly divided world, the lessons in this book are more important than ever."
–Bill and Melinda Gates
The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life
Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. We think too much like preachers defending our sacred beliefs, prosecutors proving the other side wrong, and politicians campaigning for approval--and too little like scientists searching for truth. Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder to our own limitations we can become.
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people's minds--and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, he makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he's right but listen like he's wrong. With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, he investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, bring nuance to charged conversations, and build schools, workplaces, and communities of lifelong learners. You'll learn how an international debate champion wins arguments, a Black musician persuades white supremacists to abandon hate, a vaccine whisperer convinces concerned parents to immunize their children, and Adam has coaxed Yankees fans to root for the Red Sox. Think Again reveals that we don't have to believe everything we think or internalize everything we feel. It's an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility over foolish consistency. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don't know is wisdom.
“Filled with fresh insights on a broad array of topics that are important to our personal and professional lives.”—The New York Times DealBook
“Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful ideas. It will not only change the way you see the world; it might just change the way you live your life. And it could very well inspire you to change your world.” —Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of Lean In
With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation’s most compelling and provocative thought leaders. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all?
Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt; how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children; and how leaders can build cultures that welcome dissent. Learn from an entrepreneur who pitches his start-ups by highlighting the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who overturned the rule of secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees for failing to criticize him, and a TV executive who didn’t even work in comedy but saved Seinfeld from the cutting-room floor. The payoff is a set of groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity and improving the status quo.
Named a Best Book of 2017 by Barnes & Noble and Amazon
From Facebook’s COO and Wharton’s top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life’s inevitable setbacks.
After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. “I was in ‘the void,’” she writes, “a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe.” Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build.
Option B combines Sheryl’s personal insights with Adam’s eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart—and her journal—to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl’s loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy.
Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. “I want Dave,” she cried. Her friend replied, “Option A is not available,” and then promised to help her make the most of Option B.
We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.
"Um dos meus pensadores favoritos, Grant traz uma análise inovadora e perspicaz sobre o mundo." – Malcolm Gladwell
"Pesquisas recentes, insights que contrariam o senso comum, escrita cativante, ações claras para serem colocadas em prática... Adam Grant merece sua reputação de mente original." – The Financial Times
"Deveria compor a lista de leituras obrigatórias de todas as empresas." – Wired.com
Qual é o segredo das pessoas originais? Será que a criatividade é uma qualidade inata ou uma habilidade que pode ser estimulada ou mesmo aprendida? Em seu novo livro, Adam Grant desmistifica muitas das crenças que existem em torno das mentes criativas.
Ele recorre a uma série de estudos e histórias reais envolvendo o mundo dos negócios, a política, os esportes e o universo do entretenimento para mostrar como qualquer pessoa pode aprimorar sua criatividade, tornar-se capaz de identificar e defender ideias verdadeiramente originais, combater o conformismo e romper com tradições obsoletas.
Você vai conhecer as técnicas bem-sucedidas aplicadas por profissionais que ousaram remar contra a maré e levar seus projetos adiante, como uma funcionária da Apple que desafiou Steve Jobs estando três níveis hierárquicos abaixo dele, uma analista que derrubou a política de sigilo da CIA, um bilionário mago das finanças que demite os funcionários incapazes de criticá-lo e um executivo de TV que impediu que a série Seinfeld fosse cancelada logo no início apesar das pesquisas de opinião desfavoráveis.
Adam Grant demonstra como a originalidade pode ser impulsionada, indicando a melhor forma de se expressar sem ser silenciado, como conquistar aliados em ambientes improváveis, escolher o momento certo de agir e lidar com o medo e a insegurança.
Além disso, comenta como pais e professores podem estimular a criatividade nas crianças e o que os líderes podem fazer para estabelecer uma cultura que promova a divergência de opiniões.
Em Dar e receber, Adam Grant, pesquisador e professor da Wharton School, reúne suas conclusões sobre os motivos pelos quais algumas pessoas chegam ao topo da escala de sucesso, enquanto outras permanecem na mediocridade.
Com base em seus estudos pioneiros, Grant revela que, ao contrário do que muitos pensam, as pessoas mais bem-sucedidas nas mais variadas carreiras não são as mais egoístas e implacáveis nem as que agem com base no "toma lá dá cá". Os que chegam mais longe são os doadores.
Por outro lado, ao examinar a base da escala de sucesso, o autor constatou que os doadores também estão entre os menos bem-sucedidos. Um dos objetivos deste livro é diferenciar os dois tipos de doador e mostrar o que podemos fazer para pôr em prática as estratégias dos vencedores.
Combinando conclusões de pesquisas recentes com histórias de personalidades cativantes, este livro conta como o dono da maior rede de contatos do mundo, segundo a Fortune, desenvolveu suas conexões; por que o gênio criativo por trás de um dos programas de TV mais populares trabalhou durante anos no anonimato; como identificar um tomador apenas analisando seu perfil no Facebook; e de que forma poderíamos ter previsto a falência da Enron quatro anos antes do colapso da empresa – isso sem sequer estudar seus números.
Aclamado pela crítica e elogiado por cientistas sociais, teóricos de negócios e líderes empresariais, Adam Grant mostra o que os doadores bem-sucedidos fazem de diferente em cinco áreas-chave – networking, colaboração, influência, negociação e liderança.
"Dar e receber está repleto de ideias revolucionárias. Brilhante e sábio, não é apenas um livro: é uma visão de mundo nova em folha. Adam Grant é um dos maiores cientistas sociais de nossa época." – Susan Cain, autora de O poder dos quietos
This delightful book--one of Amazon's 2019 Holiday Gift Picks and Most Anticipated Books--is designed to start conversations with kids about generosity. In the tradition of Goodnight Gorilla, the words are intentionally spare. The book is meant to be read interactively, with adults posing questions so kids can guess what's happening (and why). Praised by both parents and teachers for sparking imagination and eliciting discussion, the story can be interpreted differently in every family, by every child, and reinterpreted many times over.
Give the gift of this clever, earnest book about generosity--a new and nourishing fable for every child's library (and one that includes a delightfully innovative cover approach that requires the reader to unfasten the Velcroed cover for a fun unboxing effect!). It's a gift that keeps on giving.
"Truly phenomenal . . . Kristen [Bell]'s favorite book we've read to the kids in a year." --Dax Shepard of the podcast "Armchair Expert"
Leif is a leaf. A worried leaf. It is autumn, and Leif is afraid to fall. "All leaves fall in the fall," say the other leaves. But Leif is determined to find a different way down, and with his friend Laurel, he uses the resources around him to create a net, a kite, a parachute in hopes of softening his landing. The clock is ticking, the wind is blowing. What will happen when a gust of wind pulls Leif from his branch?
In a culture that prizes achievement, kids are often afraid to fail--failing to realize that some of the very ideas that don't work are steps along the path to ones that will.
Das neue Buch von Spiegel-Bestseller-Autorin Sheryl Sandberg: Nach Lean In schreibt sie zusammen mit dem Psychologie-Professor Adam Grant darüber, wie wir Schicksalsschläge überwinden können.
»Option A gibt es nicht mehr. Also lasst uns das Beste aus Option B machen. Ich werde immer um Option A trauern. So wie Bono gesungen hat: Die Trauer endet niemals ... aber auch nicht die Liebe.«
Die Welt nahm Anteil, als Sheryl Sandbergs Ehemann Dave Goldberg im Frühjahr 2015 plötzlich verstarb. Sie, die erfolgreiche COO von Facebook, und ihre Kinder fielen in ein tiefes Loch, Freude zu empfinden, schien nie mehr möglich zu sein. »Du kannst dich in den Abgrund fallen lassen, der Leere, die dein Herz füllt und deine Lungen, die dein Denken verengt und dir den Atem abschnürt. Oder du kannst versuchen, einen Sinn darin zu finden.« Dabei hat Sheryl Sandberg ihr guter Freund Adam Grant geholfen, der ihr konkrete Anleitung gab, wie Menschen nach niederschmetternden Schicksalsschlägen schrittweise wieder zurück ins Leben finden können.
Jeder muss mit Verlusten leben: Wir verlieren Jobs, Ehen zerbrechen, Angehörige sterben. Doch wir können lernen mit persönlichen Katastrophen umzugehen. Gemeinsam mit Adam Grant erzählt Sheryl Sandberg offen von der Trauer um ihren Mann und dem Willen weiterzuleben. Ergänzend zu ihrer eigenen Erfahrung schildert sie neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnissen aus der Resilienzforschung und berichtet von Menschen, die Arbeitslosigkeit und Armut, Scheidung, Krankheit und Verletzungen überstanden haben. Wir alle können resilienter werden. Und wir können anderen im Umgang mit Tragödien helfen, indem wir über Unsagbares sprechen, unsere Partnerschaften für Krisen stärken, sichere und flexible Arbeitsplätze schaffen und unsere Kinder zu eigenständigen Menschen erziehen.
Après le décès soudain de son mari, Sheryl Sandberg était certaine que ni elle ni ses enfants ne pourraient de nouveau être heureux. " J'étais dans un "néant', écrit-elle, un vide abyssal qui envahit votre cœur et vos poumons puis limite votre capacité à penser et même à respirer. " Son ami Adam Grant, psychologue à Wharton, lui a expliqué qu'après un traumatisme nous traversons des étapes pour s'en remettre et renaître. La résilience n'est pas innée : c'est un muscle que tout le monde peut développer.
Option B combine l'expérience de Sheryl et les recherches d'Adam sur la façon de faire face à l'adversité. Racontant le moment déchirant où elle trouve son mari, Dave Goldberg, étendu sur le plancher d'une salle de sport, Sheryl ouvre son cœur – et son journal – et met des mots sur le chagrin et l'isolement ressentis après son décès. Mais Option B va bien au-delà du deuil de Sheryl ; par le biais de nombreux témoignages, il explore la façon de surmonter les tragédies de la vie. Ces histoires révèlent la capacité de l'esprit humain à persévérer... et à redécouvrir la joie.
La résilience vient du plus profond de notre être et du soutien que l'on trouve autour de nous. Même après les évènements les plus terribles, il est possible de grandir en trouvant un sens plus profond à notre vie. Option B nous apprend aussi à aider ceux qui souffrent, à développer l'autocompassion, élever des enfants forts et faire naître la résilience au sein d'une famille, d'une communauté ou d'une entreprise.
Deux semaines après le décès de son mari, Sheryl s'exclama en pleurant : " Je veux Dave ! " " L'option A n'est plus disponible ", lui répondit son ami, qui lui promit de l'aider à tirer le meilleur de l'option B.
Nous vivons tous une forme d'option B. Ce livre nous aidera à en tirer le meilleur.
" Un livre inspirant que je recommande à tous. Personne n'échappe à la tristesse, à la perte, aux déceptions de la vie. Alors la meilleure option, c'est de trouver l'option B. "
MALALA YOUSAFZAI, prix Nobel de la paix
" Sheryl écrit sur sa déchirante expérience avec une honnêteté rare. Puis, elle et Adam font de son histoire un guide utile et touchant pour tous ceux qui essayent de bâtir leur résilience dans leur vie, leurs communautés, leurs entreprises. Il est déjà difficile de trouver un écho chez les lecteurs, mais ça l'est encore plus de les aider à avancer étape par étape vers un avenir meilleur. Option B réussit les deux. "
BILL ET MELINDA GATES, coprésidents de la fondation Bill et Melinda Gates
" Édifiant et inspirant, Option B est à la fois une autobiographie passionnante, une façon de panser son cœur, et le récit de ceux qui ont appris à surpasser la perte d'un être cher. Une contribution indispensable aux ouvrages sur le deuil et la résilience. "
CHERYL STRAYED, auteure de Wild
" Option B est aussi optimiste que poignant.
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