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Think Again
- The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
- Narrated by: Adam Grant
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
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The best-selling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life.
Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In recent months, the pandemic has forced us all to reevaluate our assumptions about health and safety and multiple acts of police brutality have challenged most of us to reconsider our responsibility for fighting racism. Yet in our daily lives, too many of us still favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard.
We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: there's evidence that being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder we can become to our own limitations.
As an organisational psychologist, Adam Grant has spent his career exploring how we can open other people's minds - and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the number one New York Times best-selling author of Originals and Give and Take, one of his guiding principles in life is arguing like he's right but listening like he's wrong.
With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, he investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, harness the surprising advantages of impostor syndrome, bring nuance into charged conversations about abortion and climate change, and build schools, workplaces and communities of lifelong learners.
You'll learn how an international debate champion wins arguments, a Black musician persuades white supremacists to abandon hate, a vaccine whisperer convinces anti-vaxxers to immunise their children, and how Adam has coaxed Yankees fans to root for the Red Sox.
Think Again reveals that we don't have to believe everything we think or internalise everything we feel. It's an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility, humility and curiosity over foolish consistency. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don't know is wisdom.
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- Amanda P
- 31-07-21
This did not make me think again
Before I started this book, I understood how important it is to never assume, to question everything and to keep learning in order to grow and develop. I thought this book would go deeper into this, it did not. The book was extremely disappointing. and I did not feel I learnt anything. The author states the obvious throughout and gives anecdotal evidence, which is difficult to transfer to a broader range of situations. I could not listen to the end.
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- Kindle Customer
- 31-03-21
Could've been a blog
Concepts are very simple, basically exactly as the title reads. Think again by using questions and a different attitude
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- Anonymous User
- 16-09-21
Anecdotes anecdotes anectodes
I feel like I’ve just listened to someone who loves hearing his own voice and just continues talking without having anything new to say after the first chapter. Happy to have this book behind me now…
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- belkin
- 15-05-21
not a book for self doubters
The book was a dissappointment. Partly because my expectations were high. It was recommended by people I admire. And maybe partly because the book advocates avoiding excessive self-confidence and trodden paths, whereas I naturally doubt myself and my own strategies. There were definitely some good ideas in the book. I liked the section on debating. A useful takeaway is that successful debaters always start by emphasising what they and their oponents agree about and only then state their differences. Secondly, you do not need 20 points supporting yiur position. It is better to have 2 or 3 but elaborate better on those. A good idea was in the epilogue: schedule time not only for doing things, but for thinking and rethinking.
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- John
- 18-02-21
Genuinely thought provoking
Unable to imagine anyone who couldn’t benefit from this book. A really positive and constructive way in what we truly should prioritise in our approach to both thinking and learning
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- Kimberley
- 16-02-22
Author doesn’t practice what he preaches
Author is claiming one should question all your beliefs whilst pushing left wing political agenda. Tells stories to back up how ‘dangerous’ Covid is. Data states Covid is not that dangerous. Author also tells stories about how ‘dangerous’ white supremacists are.
Author works for the Gates Foundation.
Surely the author should be questioning his own beliefs as advising everyone else to do?
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- M. Mubanga
- 02-04-21
Excellent
Learned a lot from this book and would recommend it to my friends and network
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- James
- 19-04-22
Fascinating read
Will change how I think about everything I think about in future. Highly recommended for anyone interested in learning about how to influence your thinking and that of others
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- vital_asbo
- 22-01-22
Pocket life/career coach
I like when the book is read by its author. The ideas are expressed as sincere as possible.
the book helps to reevaluate your approaches in life.
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- Emergency777
- 19-01-22
Excellent practical advice
This book is really well written and provides thoughtful approaches to rethinking our assumptions. The idea of “thinking like a scientist” by testing our opinions as a hypothesis and running them through experiments is something I’ll start incorporating.
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