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To generate creative ideas, it's important to start from an unusual place. But to explain those ideas, they have to be connected to something familiar.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Connected Creative Explain Familiar Generate Ideas Important Place Something Start Those Unusual

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When a salesperson truly cares about you, trust forms, and you're more likely to buy, come back for repeat business, and refer new customers.

~Adam Grant

Topics: About Back Business Buy Cares Come Customers Forms Likely More New Refer Repeat Truly Trust You

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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.

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Topics: Bring Children Ideas Need Original Original Ideas Passions Pursue Them Want World You Your Yours

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Creativity may be hard to nurture, but it's easy to thwart.

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Topics: Creativity Easy Hard May Nurture Thwart

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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.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Better Better Chance Chance Gives Likely Mind More Onto Patterns Stumbling Unexpected Unusual Wander You Your

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Negative feedback can make people feel inferior.

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Topics: Feedback Feel Inferior Make Negative People

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Perhaps gaining power doesn't cause people to act like takers. It simply creates the opportunity for people who think like takers to express themselves.

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Topics: Act Cause Creates Express Gaining Like Opportunity People Perhaps Power Simply Takers Themselves Think Who

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I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.

~Adam Grant

Topics: About Compelling Discovering Doing Help Ideas Love New New Ideas Spread Them Word I Love I Can

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Saying no frees you up to say yes when it matters most.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Matters Most Say Saying Up Yes You

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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

Topics: Acts Admiration Along Assert Authority Banning Before Behavior Behaviors Bossy Discourage Early Earn Engage Girl Labels Leadership Means Positive Receive Reinforcement Teaching Want

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 13th, 1981

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