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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Everyone should read this. The ideas presented in this book will challenge you and better you. Do yourself and those influenced by you a favor by reading this book.
This was EXCELLENT. I feel like every parent should read this: https://everyday-reading.com/2021-summer-reading-guide-fantastic-non-fiction/
You know those books that would’ve made a really great article?! This is one of them, with helpful knowledge splashed sparingly throughout each chapter and the lion’s share of pertinent information residing in the conclusion. I wouldn’t recommend reading the entire book, but I would suggest that last chapter.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Extremely important lessons for humanity, especially in our current times.
I think I'm a little biased because I love Adam Grant but this book really covered a lot in a short span, leaving you to do some homework on how to rethink what you know while giving you the tools to do so. I like the Preacher/Prosecutor/Politician/Scientist archetype breakdowns. I loved his emphasis on asking people "how" they came to a conclusion instead of "why", especially asking "is there any evidence today that could change your mind?" I also really liked his note about the danger of identity politics and allowing your identity to be tied to opinions that should be reevaluated as you experience life and evolve.
Overall, a lot of the information isn't necessarily new but Grant puts it in a way that is easy to metabolize and implement in your own day to day life.
Overall, a lot of the information isn't necessarily new but Grant puts it in a way that is easy to metabolize and implement in your own day to day life.
Well-written, interesting and very enjoyable. Lots of good content to reflect upon.
This is the kind of book I'm very happy to own because it merits a lot of revisiting. So many great concepts and excellent illustrations of ideas that are probably way over my head. I really liked reading it - though it took me a LONG time to read (like ... months.)
I love the premise that the more we questions what we think we understand, the better decisions we make. I've listened to Adam Grant make a lot of arguments for and against things, and he has a knack for distilling arguments down to something that I didn't see as a central theme before he pointed it out. I love that.
The "preaching, politicking, and prosecuting" idea seemed to be a really important theme, and maybe I didn't think deeply enough about it, but it felt a bit forced to me. But the idea of "thinking like a scientist" (i.e. have a hypothesis, test it, be wiling to be be proven wrong) is one that I love. I'm not willing to abandon my preaching, politicking, and prosecuting yet though. So probably that means I'm undeveloped in my thinking skills.
I love the premise that the more we questions what we think we understand, the better decisions we make. I've listened to Adam Grant make a lot of arguments for and against things, and he has a knack for distilling arguments down to something that I didn't see as a central theme before he pointed it out. I love that.
The "preaching, politicking, and prosecuting" idea seemed to be a really important theme, and maybe I didn't think deeply enough about it, but it felt a bit forced to me. But the idea of "thinking like a scientist" (i.e. have a hypothesis, test it, be wiling to be be proven wrong) is one that I love. I'm not willing to abandon my preaching, politicking, and prosecuting yet though. So probably that means I'm undeveloped in my thinking skills.