Adam M Grant Books

We live in a world that's obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn't knock, there are ways to build a door.Hidden Potential offers a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights, and vivid storytelling that takes us from the classroom to the boardroom, the playground to the Olympics, and underground to outer space. He shows that progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess-it's about the character you develop. Grant explores how to build the character skills and motivational structures to realize our own potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked.Many writers have chronicled the habits of superstars who accomplish great things. This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you've reached, but how far you've climbed to get there.

NOW A USA TODAY AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER! What are your limits? Care to break them? To inspire change in yourself and your team, you must break free from what's holding you down. In Elevate, Robert Glazer reveals four life-changing principles -- or capacities -- that will allow you to overcome self-limiting beliefs, establish positive habits, and find your "why." As we look to elevate ourselves, we mean so much more than beating the competition. After all, our greatest competition is ourselves! We need to find ways to consistently outperform ourselves and our own expectations. Robert Glazer has built a career on accelerating productivity and careers. ELEVATE is based on his five foundational elements necessary for increasing our capacity: Finding Your Why, Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs, Setting Goals and Creating Accountability, Maintaining Health and Wellness, and Establishing Routine and Positive Habits. The key is elevating yourself beyond the edge of your current abilities. Challenge yourself, and the result will inspire others to rise along with you. It's time to break free of your limits.

In The Happiness Track, founder of Fulfillment Daily and science director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University Emma Seppälä draws upon the latest scientific research on resilience, willpower, compassion, positive stress, creativity, and mindfulness to reveal the connection between happiness and success, and how to achieve both. Featuring practical strategies we can use in our daily lives, The Happiness Track will show you the fulfilling, rewarding, and anxiety-free life that is within your reach.

The #1 New York Times 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. With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, Adam Grant investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, harness the advantages of impostor syndrome, bring nuance into charged conversations, and build schools, workplaces, and communities of lifelong learners. Think Again reveals that we don't have to believe all our thoughts or internalize all our emotions. It's an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility, humility, and curiosity over consistency.

Challenging the notion that talent is the sole determinant of success, this book emphasizes the importance of growth through character development and learning. It presents a framework for raising aspirations and creating opportunities, particularly for those often overlooked. Through engaging storytelling and evidence-based insights, the author illustrates how progress is a journey of improvement rather than innate genius. Ultimately, it encourages readers to recognize their potential by valuing the effort and resilience it takes to achieve their goals.

The motivations behind today's most successful leaders and entrepreneurs come to a simple yet decisive explanation: there are people who give, people who take, people who match, and people who fake. Our world is filled with these givers, takers, matchers and fakers. Amazingly, those who succeed (not only personally, but for their clients and companies) don't take or match. They give (although they're not necessarily philanthropic.) 'Give and Take' presents the fascinating secret of givers' success. The results are unequivocal: givers gain big. Jack Welch, Richard Branson, Jon Huntsman Sr. - all of them are givers.

How can we originate new ideas, policies and practices without risking it all? This book shows how to improve the world by championing novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battling conformity, and bucking outdated traditions. It explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, and build a coalition of allies.

In 2015, Sheryl Sandberg faced the sudden loss of her husband, Dave Goldberg, leaving her and their two young children devastated. Convinced that joy and meaning were forever lost, she struggled with the reality of their first father-child activity without him. A friend encouraged her to embrace a new path, stating, "Option A is not available. So let's just kick the shit out of Option B." This sentiment reflects a universal truth: everyone encounters some form of loss, whether it be jobs, relationships, or loved ones. The critical question is how we confront these challenges. Thoughtful and revealing, the narrative intertwines Sandberg's personal journey with insights from social scientists like Adam Grant. It shares stories of individuals who have faced significant hardships—such as illness, divorce, and job loss—and emerged stronger. The book highlights the concept of post-traumatic growth, showing that many not only recover but thrive after adversity. It also discusses pre-traumatic growth, emphasizing that resilience can be cultivated even before tragedy strikes. Sandberg and Grant offer strategies for raising resilient children, fostering strong communities, and finding meaning and joy in life. Reflecting on her experience, Sandberg notes the profound changes brought by her loss, illustrating that even in the depths of sadness, it is possible to rise, breathe, and find hope again.

In "Erfolgsgeheimnis Altruismus" zeigt Adam Grant, dass Selbstlosigkeit, Anstand und Empathie in der Arbeitswelt entscheidend für beruflichen Erfolg und persönliche Zufriedenheit sind. Anhand von Beispielen aus der Wirtschaft belegt er, dass Geber die Gesellschaft wertschätzender und menschlicher gestalten.

Zistite, ako odomknúť vlastný potenciál V súčasnosti je spoločnosť posadnutá talentovanými ľuďmi. Ospevujeme prirodzené nadanie, a pritom podceňujeme zručnosti, ktoré sa môžeme sami naučiť. Skrytý potenciál spája vedecké poznatky, prekvapivé postrehy a živé rozprávanie, ktoré nás zavedie zo školskej triedy do zasadacej miestnosti, z ihriska na olympijské hry a zo Zeme až do vesmíru. Ukazuje, že pokrok nezávisí ani tak od toho, ako sa snažíte, ako skôr od schopnosti učiť sa nové veci. Grant vysvetľuje, ako posilniť svoje charakterové zručnosti, vytvárať motivačné štruktúry a ako pomáhať ostatným ľuďom rozvíjať ich vlastný potenciál. Táto kniha odhaľuje, ako sa môže ktokoľvek zlepšiť prakticky v čomkoľvek. Skutočným meradlom vášho potenciálu nie je výška vrcholu, ktorý ste dosiahli, ale to, ako ďaleko ste kráčali, aby ste sa tam dostali.

Čím myslíte, že je determinován úspěch? Je to talent, tvrdá dřina či snad dobré rodinné zázemí? Autor bestselleru Ještě to promysli vám ve své novince představí novou perspektivu toho, jak můžeme sebe i ostatní pozvednout do nečekaných výšin. Žijeme ve světě, který je posedlý talenty. Oslavujeme nadané studenty ve škole, ve sportu, zázračné děti v hudbě. Toto obdivování vrozených výhod nás ale vede k přehlížení vlastního potenciálu, podceňování rozsahu dovedností, jež se můžeme během života naučit, a cílů, kterých můžeme dosáhnout. A to může být chyba! Každý v sobě máme více potenciálu ke zlepšení, než co si myslíme. A vůbec nevadí, když u nás příležitost zrovna neklepe. Vždy existují způsoby, jak jí postavit dveře.