Adam Grant quotes

When medical students focus on helping others, they're able to weather the slings and arrows of long hours and devastating health outcomes: they know their colleagues and patients are depending on them.

To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power lies in holding a formal position of authority or controlling important resources. Status involves being respected or admired.

When you procrastinate, you're more likely to let your mind wander. That gives you a better chance of stumbling onto the unusual and spotting unexpected patterns.

I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile.

The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.

The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.

Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.

Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They're the people you want to bet on.

Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.

Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.

Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence.

Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.

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

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

From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.

It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile life is and that there are so many things to still be thankful for.

Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.