171 Quotes by Adam Grant

When you're good at controlling your own emotions, you can disguise your true feelings. When you know what others are feeling, you can tug at their heartstrings and motivate them to act against their own best interests.

When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious ones.

When people are depending on us, we end up finding strength we didn't know we had.

Power frees us from the chains of conformity.

We all have thoughts and feelings that we believe are fundamental to our lives but that are better left unspoken.

Conformity is dangerous.

I spend a lot of my time trying to help leaders build cultures of productive givers.

If I had the day off and knew everyone else was voting, I wouldn't miss it. It would become a routine part of my responsibility as a citizen - like paying taxes, only less soul crushing.

From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, showing us that our contributions matter and energizing us to work harder, longer, and smarter.