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. -Adam Grant Respect
The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn. -Adam Grant Knowledge
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself. -Adam Grant Work
Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters. -Adam Grant Intelligence
In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent. -Adam Grant Leadership
The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success. -Adam Grant Happiness
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. -Adam Grant Medical
Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence. -Adam Grant Intelligence
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. -Adam Grant Life
If we want girls to receive positive reinforcement for early acts of leadership, let's discourage bossy behavior along with banning bossy labels. That means teaching girls to engage in behaviors that earn admiration before they assert their authority. -Adam Grant Positive
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. -Adam Grant Best
The more important argument against grade curves is that they create an atmosphere that's toxic by pitting students against one another. At best, it creates a hypercompetitive culture, and at worst, it sends students the message that the world is a zero-sum game: Your success means my failure. -Adam Grant Failure
From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections. -Adam Grant Relationship
For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women. -Adam Grant Leadership
Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and clients don't trust them. Givers build deeper and broader relationships - people are rooting for them instead of gunning for them. -Adam Grant Trust
If we want girls to receive positive reinforcement for early acts of leadership, let's discourage bossy behavior along with banning bossy labels. That means teaching girls to engage in behaviors that earn admiration before they assert their authority. -Adam Grant Leadership
Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence. -Adam Grant History
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. -Adam Grant Courage
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. -Adam Grant Health
When people are depending on us, we end up finding strength we didn't know we had. -Adam Grant Strength
