Adam Grant Quotes

The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.

Adam Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 13, 1981

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I try not to give advice unless people ask me.

Maye Musk

PeopleMeAdviceTryAskGive

And so, you can do hundreds and hundreds of studies showing a general factor and just so long as you restrict your populations, your testing materials and the kinds of situations you look at, you can keep finding the same wrong thing again and again.

Robert Sternberg

FindingLongYouLookWrongSame

The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.

Steve Chabot

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People always complain, 'you never invited me to your wedding', but I prefer casual weddings.

Sinead O'Connor

PeopleMeWeddingYouNeverCasual

Based on my experience, I would say that rather than taking lessons in how to become an entrepreneur, you should jump into the pool and start swimming.

Travis Kalanick

ExperienceSwimmingStartYouJump

I like working with authors who are a bit pesky.

Roger Rees

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People tend to think of the quest as a sort of fanciful or fantastical form, but actually, I think it's pretty realistic. I think that story of gathering allies to your side - recruiting your band of companions - actually matches the shape of most great careers, most great lives.

Robin Sloan

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For a long time, I believed that a great piece of music on its own could do more to stir the soul than any other single art form.

Chris Milk

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When I was around 13 or 14, and I was in a private school, I had a Frisbee that had the name Apollo on it. And I'd walk around with it. People would say, 'Hey, there's that Apollo kid.' That's where the name generated from.

Apollo Robbins

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The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.

Anthony Albanese

TodayTimeTomorrowThinkAhead

If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial.

Allan Carr

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It's hard to watch something you've done many years ago.

William Sanderson

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