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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World QUOTES

121 " In these pages, I learned that great creators don’t necessarily have the deepest expertise but rather seek out the broadest perspectives. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

122 " The greatest shapers don’t stop at introducing originality into the world. They create cultures that unleash originality in others. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

123 " Shapers” are independent thinkers: curious, non-conforming, and rebellious. They practice brutal, nonhierarchical honesty. And they act in the face of risk, because their fear of not succeeding exceeds their fear of failing. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

124 " I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world,” E. B. White once wrote. “This makes it difficult to plan the day. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

125 " It is precisely the minor differences in people who are otherwise alike that form the basis of feelings of strangeness and hostility between them. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

126 " When we use the logic of consequence, we can always find reasons not to take risks. The "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

127 " The least favorite students were the non-conformists who made up their own rules. Teachers tend to discriminate against highly creative students, labeling them as troublemakers. In "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

128 " Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds.” Albert Einstein "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

129 " The more you value achievement, the more you come to dread failure. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

130 " Having a sense of security in one realm gives us the freedom to be original in another. By "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

131 " Originals are people who take the initiative to make their visions a reality. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

132 " Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches Had bellies with stars.1 The Plain-Belly Sneetches Had none upon thars. Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all. But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches Would brag, ‘We’re the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches.’ With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they’d snort ‘We’ll have nothing to do with the Plain-Belly sort!’” Dr. Seuss "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

133 " In fact, the only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion.” Ralph Waldo Emerson "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

134 " When we become curious about the dissatisfying defaults in our world, we begin to recognize that most of them have social origins: Rules and systems were created by people. And that awareness gives us the courage to contemplate how we can change them. Before women gained the right to vote in America, many “had never before considered their degraded status as anything but natural,” historian Jean Baker observes. As the suffrage movement gained momentum, “a growing number of women were beginning to see that custom, religious precept, and law were in fact man-made and therefore reversible. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

135 " But our best allies aren’t the people who have supported us all along. They’re the ones who started out against us and then came around to our side. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

136 " The evidence suggests that social bonds don’t drive groupthink; the culprits are overconfidence and reputational concerns. At "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

137 " a culture that focuses too heavily on solutions becomes a culture of advocacy, dampening inquiry. If you’re always expected to have an answer ready, you’ll arrive at meetings with your diagnosis complete, missing out on the chance to learn from a broad range of perspectives. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

138 " There are so few originals in life, "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

139 " In a popular TED talk and book, Simon Sinek argues that if we want to inspire people, we should start with why. If we communicate the vision behind our ideas, the purpose guiding our products, people will flock to us. This is excellent advice—and when you’re doing something original that challenges the status quo, you have to be careful about how you communicate your why. "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

140 " people becoming the architects of their own jobs, customizing their tasks and relationships to better align with their interests, skills, and values—like "

― Adam M. Grant , Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World