Originals

Originals

by Adam Grant · 2017

The New York Times bestselling author examines how people can drive creative, moral, and organisational progress-and how leaders can encourage originality in their organisations

Best for: Manager Leader
Level: Intermediate Time: Medium Practicality: 3/5 Inspiration: 3/5
Key Ideas
In the deepest sense of the word, a friend is someone who sees more potential in you than you see in yourself, someone who helps you become the best version of yourself.
Argue like you're right and listen like you're wrong.
Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity, but it can be a resource for creativity.

In the deepest sense of the word, a friend is someone who sees more potential in you than you see in yourself, someone who helps you become the best version of yourself.

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Notable Quotes

In the deepest sense of the word, a friend is someone who sees more potential in you than you see in yourself, someone who helps you become the best version of yourself.

Argue like you're right and listen like you're wrong.

Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity, but it can be a resource for creativity.

Being original doesn't require being first. It just means being different and better.

Practice makes perfect, but it doesn't make new.

To become original, you have to try something new, which means accepting some measure of risk.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

I learned that great creators don't necessarily have the deepest expertise but rather seek out the broadest perspectives.

The greatest shapers don't stop at introducing originality into the world. They create cultures that unleash originality in others.

'Shapers' are independent thinkers: curious, non-conforming, and rebellious. They practice brutal, nonhierarchical honesty. And they act in the face of risk, because their fear of not succeeding exceeds their fear of failing.

Having a sense of security in one realm gives us the freedom to be original in another.

Originality brings more bumps in the road, yet it leaves us with more happiness and a greater sense of meaning.

Originals are people who take the initiative to make their visions a reality.

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