Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know Adam Grant (good books to read for beginners .TXT) π
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Rawls, John, 178
reasoning, flawed:
prosecuting, 110, 111
prosecutor mindset, 21, 22, 22, 60, 76, 80, 91, 92
reflective listening, 147
relationship conflict, 78β80, 79
as barrier to rethinking, 80
task conflict and, 90, 91β93
relationships, rethinking in, 236β37
rethinking, 3β4
encouraging others to adopt, see interpersonal rethinking
in individuals, see individual rethinking
in lifelong learning, see collective rethinking
making time for, 257
as mindset, 16
negative responses to, 30
process of, 246β50
see also unlearning
rethinking cycle, 27, 28, 28, 45, 67, 83, 92, 112β13, 137, 140, 147, 158, 165, 171, 187, 188, 208, 234, 261
rethinking scorecards, 218β19, 218, 257
revisions and drafts, in learning process, 199β203, 256
righting reflex, 156
Ripley, Amanda, 163, 165
rituals, sports rivalries as, 133
rivalries:
animosity in, 124β25
in business, 124
group polarization in, 128
humanizing the other side in, 130β31
in sports, see sports rivalries
see also prejudice; stereotypes
Rock, Chris, 230
Rollnick, Stephen, 146, 152, 153, 154, 156
Roosevelt, Franklin D., trial-and-error method of, 248β50
Sandler, Adam, 238β39
Saturday Night Live (TV show), 238β39
Schulz, Kathryn, 67
science:
peer-review process in, 86
unlearning in, 188β90
scientific method, 20, 199, 247β48
skepticism in, 169β70
βscientist,β coining of term, 247
scientist mindset, 23, 53, 62, 66β67, 74, 76, 92, 93, 116, 145, 186, 249β50
as actively questioning beliefs and assumptions, 25β26
authorβs adoption of, 26β27
career change and, 235
caveats and contingencies in, 173β74, 176, 255
in charged conversations, 183
and consistent narrative vs. accurate record, 174β75
in debates, 102β6
entrepreneurs and, 20β22, 21, 251
humility as characteristic of, 28
rethinking as central to, 19β20, 247β48, 251
Scotland, career choices in, 233n
Scott, Michael (char.), 118
second opinions, 18
Seinfeld, Jerry, 133
Seinfeld (TV show), 68, 118
Seles, Monica, 124n
self, sense of, 8, 9, 12
commonality in, 129
detaching beliefs and opinions from, 62, 63β64, 69β70, 76, 251β52
identity foreclosure and, 230
as open system, 243
present vs. past, 62β63, 69, 76, 251
rethinking as challenge to, 4, 7, 42
tribes and, 125β26
self-awareness, 39, 48
self-deprecation:
gender and, 72n
self-confidence and, 72
self-doubt:
asking questions as encouraged by, 53β54
benefits of, 49β54, 252
humility vs., 46
see also impostor syndrome
self-esteem, evolution of, 241
Seneca, 35
sexism, 10
Shandell, Marissa, 234β35
Shaw, George Bernard, 15
Silver, Nate, 66
simplification:
internet and, 171
media and, 171
resistance to, see complexification
skepticism, in scientific method, 169β70
skeptics, deniers vs., 169
smartphone revolution, 16, 22, 23, 31
Smith, Will, 73
social networks, polarizing issues and, 164β65
space, Earth as seen from, 128β29
sports, stock market influence of, 126
sports rivalries, 122β28
authorβs experiments on, 131β32, 133β36
group polarization in, 128
as rituals, 133
stereotyping in, 127
status quo bias, 194n
stereotypes, 121β41
animosity and, 127
as barrier to rethinking, 124
conversation as antidote to, 140β41
group polarization and, 127β28
groups and, 139
of groups vs. individuals, 131
intergroup contact and, 139
in Israel-Palestine conflict, 130
racist, 121β22, 139β41
rethinking timeline for, 135
shaky foundations of, 139
in sports rivalries, 127
tribes and, 136n
see also prejudice; rivalries
stereotypes, arbitrariness of, 133β34
counterfactual thinking as destabilizing, 134β40
stereotyping, IQ scores and, 24β25
stock market, influence of sports matches on, 126
Storm King Mountain wildfire, 6β7
stress:
learned responses to, 5β7
Murrayβs experiment on, 55β58, 60, 74
Strohminger, Nina, 40n
summarizing, in motivational interviewing, 153
task conflict, 78β80, 79
disagreeable people and, 83, 84
as encouraged by disagreeable people, 90
encouragement of, 88
politician mindset and, 85β86
relationship conflict and, 90, 91β93
rethinking as fostered by, 80, 253
Taylor, Breonna, 10
teachers, teaching:
Berger as, 198β203
Grant as, 195β98
lecturing vs. active learning in, 190β93, 196
lifelong learning and, 185β203
McCarthy as, 185β87, 189β90, 203
Nozick as, 194β95
textbooks and, 185β87
unlearning and, 188β90
technology, exponential expansion of, 17
TED talks, 192, 195, 196
teenagers, see kids
test-taking, rethinking and, 3β4
Tetlock, Phil, 18, 67
Tewfik, Basima, 50, 51n
textbooks, 185β87
Theseus paradox, 132β33
Time, 36β37
TΓ³masdΓ³ttir, Halla, 35β36
in campaign for Icelandβs presidency, 36, 49, 53β54
impostor syndrome and, 36, 38, 49, 52β54
totalitarian ego, 59β61, 73, 74
Toy Story (film), 82
tribes:
identity and, 126
stereotyping and, 136n
Trump, Donald, in 2016 election, 66β67, 69β71, 70, 71
tunnel vision, 235n
life choices and, 228β29
Tussing, Danielle, 52
2008 financial crisis, 35β36, 45
Uganda, civil strife in, 155β57, 159
uncertainty, 53
unlearning, 2, 12, 188β90
kids and, 189β90, 256
in stress situations, 5β7
see also rethinking
Urban, Tim, 45
vaccination:
autism mistakenly linked to, 144, 158β59
unfounded fear of, 143β44
vaccine whisperers, 145β49, 158β59
Voldemort (char.), 146β47
Vonnegut, Kurt, 205
Wales, career choices in, 233n
Walker, Candice, 242β43
Walker, John, 87β88, 89
Weick, Karl, 7
Wharton School, 9
Mean Reviews video at, 214
βwhat do you want to beβ question, 225β26, 230, 231, 232
WhatsApp, 24
white supremacists, Davisβs encounters with, 121β22, 139β41, 151
Whitman, Walt, 165
Wilde, Oscar, 77
wildfires, firefightersβ behavior in, 1β2, 5β7
workplace:
best practices in, 216β17
grades as poor predictor of performance in, 195
learning cultures at, 205β22
psychological safety and, see psychological safety
World War II, 56
Wright, Katharine, 91
Wright, Wilbur and Orville, 77, 81
as built-in challenge network, 89β90
in conflict over propeller, 91β93
Wrzesniewski, Amy, 242
X (company), 86
Young Men and Fire (Maclean), 5
Zuckerberg, Mark, 8
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ADAM GRANT is an organizational psychologist at Wharton, where he has been the top-rated professor for seven straight years. He is one of TED's most popular speakers, his books have sold millions of copies, his talks have been viewed more than 25 million times, and his podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant has topped the charts. His pioneering research has inspired people to rethink fundamental assumptions about motivation, generosity, and creativity. He has been recognized as one of the world's 10 most influential management thinkers and Fortune's 40 under 40, and has received distinguished scientific achievement awards from the American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation. Adam received his B.A. from Harvard and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and he is a former Junior Olympic springboard diver. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and their three children.
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* In an analysis of over 40 million tweets, Americans were more likely than Canadians to use words like sh*t, b*tch, hate, and damn, while Canadians favored more agreeable words like thanks, great, good, and sure.
* In building a team, there are some dimensions where fit is important and others where misfit adds value. Research suggests that we want people with dissimilar traits and backgrounds but similar principles. Diversity of personality and experience brings fresh ideas for rethinking and complementary skills for new ways of doing. Shared values promote commitment and collaboration.
* How well we take criticism can depend as much on our relationship with the messenger as it does on the message. In one experiment, people were at least 40 percent more receptive to
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