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For years, I believed that anything worth doing was worth doing early. In graduate school, I submitted my dissertation two years in advance. In college, I wrote my papers weeks early and finished my thesis four months before the due date. My roommates joked that I had a productive form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Advance Anything Before Believed College Date Disorder Dissertation Doing Due Early Finished Form Four Graduate Graduate School Had Months Papers Productive Roommates School Submitted Thesis Two Weeks Worth Wrote Years

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If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Generous Giver Out Selfish Takers Want Watch You

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To get real diversity of thought, you need to find the people who genuinely hold different views and invite them into the conversation.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Conversation Different Diversity Find Genuinely Get Hold Invite Need People Real Them Thought Views Who You

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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Authenticity Believe Between Firmly Gap Inside Means Outside Outside World Reveal World You

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Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.

~Adam Grant

Topics: About Decision Defensive Feedback Less Once Over Ownership People Receive Take

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When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow.

~Adam Grant

Topics: About Being Casts Character Choice Citizen Good Good Citizen Myself Now Reflects See Shadow Skip Still Think Voter Voting I Think I Can

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Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.

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Topics: Consider Divergent Gives Ideas Leaps Make Procrastination Think Time Unexpected Ways You

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When takers talk about mistakes, they're usually quick to place the blame on other people. Givers are more likely to say 'Here's the mistake I made; I learned the following from it. Here are the steps I'm taking to make sure I don't let people down in the future.'

~Adam Grant

Topics: About Blame Down Following Future Givers Here Learned Likely Made Make Mistake Mistakes More Other People Place Quick Say Steps Sure Takers Taking Talk

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Creativity is generating ideas that are novel and useful. I define originals as people who go beyond dreaming up the ideas and take initiative to make their visions a reality.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Beyond Creativity Define Dreaming Generating Go Ideas Initiative Make Novel People Reality Take Up Useful Visions Who

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Power frees us from the chains of conformity.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Chains Conformity Power Us

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 13th, 1981

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