171 Quotes by Adam Grant

If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.

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.

When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.

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.

Some people are selfish in all of their relationships. Those people are called sociopaths.

It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.

We have many identities, and we can't be authentic to them all. The best we can do is be sincere in our efforts to earn the values we claim.

In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.

Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.