If knowledge is power, knowing what we don’t know is wisdom.Now more than ever, opinions divide us. Meanwhile, our ability to effectively communicate has degraded, fueled by social media algorithms and self-selected information silos that confirm our biases, calcify our world views, and consequently drive us even further apart. As a result we suffer—individually and as a collective.According to today’s guest—an expert in opening other people’s minds—the solution lies in thinking more critically, flexibly and scientifically. It’s about arguing like you’re right but listening like you’re wrong. Bringing curiosity and nuance to charged conversations. And learning how to embrace the joy of being wrong.Meet&nbsp;Adam Grant,&nbsp;an organizational psychologist who specializes in how we can find motivation and meaning in work, and live more generous and creative lives.After graduating from Harvard magna cum laude, Adam&nbsp;completed his master’s degree and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan&nbsp;in just three years.&nbsp;At 28 he became Wharton’s youngest-ever tenured professor, where he has been recognized as the top-rated professor for&nbsp;seven straight years, named&nbsp;one of the world’s&nbsp;10 most influential management thinkers&nbsp;and listed among&nbsp;<a href="http://fortune.com/40-under-40/adam-grant-28/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fortune‘s 40 under 40.</a>One of the world’s most-cited, prolific and significant researchers in business and economics, Adam is the author of several&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling books that have sold millions of copies and been translated into 35 languages, including&nbsp;<a href="http://adamgrant.net/giveandtake" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Give and Take,</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://adamgrant.net/originals" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Originals,</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamgrant.net/optionb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Option B.</a>&nbsp;His books have been named among the year’s best by Amazon, Apple, the&nbsp;Financial Times,&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Wall Street Journal&nbsp;and praised by J.J. Abrams, Richard Branson, Bill and Melinda Gates, Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Kahneman, and Malala Yousafzai.&nbsp;Certain to be another culture-tilting bestseller, Adam’s new book, and the focus of today’s conversation, is&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.adamgrant.net/thinkagain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know.</a>In addition, Adam’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.adamgrant.net/speaking/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TED Talks</a>&nbsp;on original thinkers and givers and takers have garnered over 20 million views. And when he’s not writing, teaching, parenting, or consulting on behalf of organizations like Google, the NBA, or the Gates Foundation, he hosts&nbsp;<a href="http://adamgrant.net/worklife" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WorkLife</a>, a chart-topping TED original podcast.Equal parts fun and powerful, this conversation is about the importance and power of interpersonal and collective rethinking.&nbsp;We discuss strategies for engaging with others who see the world differently. And what we can learn when we lead not with argumentation but rather with curiosity and humility.In a time of entrenched polarization, Adam creates space for nuance. He teaches us to think critically and carefully. To ask questions. And to hold our views flexibly.&nbsp;He also offers sage advice on work in the time of COVID, when so many people’s professional ecosystems have been turned upside down.&nbsp;My hope is that this exchange encourages you to identify your own biases. Emboldens you to connect more meaningfully with those who see things differently. And inspires you to relish in being wrong.The visually inclined can watch our exchange on&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/hQHlvXha4d0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. And as always, the podcast streams wild and free on&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/rrpitunes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/rrpspotify" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify.</a>It was an honor to hold space with a luminary I have greatly respected from afar. And to make a new friend along the way.May this conversation leave you thinking more critically about your own beliefs—and more empathetically about others’.Peace + Plants,<img src="http://www.richroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RR-SIGNATURE-FOR-WEB-1101.png">Listen, Watch &amp; Subscribe<a href="http://bit.ly/rrpitunes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://youtube.com/richroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/rrpspotify" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/rrpstitcher" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/rrpgoogle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a>Thanks to this week’s sponsors:Athletic Greens:&nbsp;75 whole food sourced ingredients designed to optimize 5 key areas of health, Athletic Greens is the delicious daily habit that sets you up for a healthy future. 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For&nbsp;$200 off ALL mattress orders, visit&nbsp;<a href="http://birchliving.com/RichRoll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BirchLiving.com/RichRoll</a> SHOW NOTES:<ul><li>Adam Grant:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.adamgrant.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/AdamMGrant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/adamgrant/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/AdamMGrant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Originals-How-Non-Conformists-Move-World/dp/014312885X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World</a></li><li>Book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CAUH7UE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success</a></li><li>Book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Think-Again-Power-Knowing-What/dp/1984878107/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know</a></li><li>Book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N8R5QD7/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy</a></li><li>Book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leif-Fall-Allison-Sweet-Grant/dp/1984815490/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leif and the Fall</a></li><li>Podcast:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WorkLife with Adam Grant</a></li><li>TED:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Are You A Giver Or A Taker?</a></li><li>TED:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers?referrer=playlist-talks_to_help_you_get_through_the_work_week&amp;language=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Surprising Habits Of Original Thinkers</a></li><li>NY Times:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/adam-grant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columns by Adam Grant</a></li><li>The Atlantic:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/adam-grant/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Articles by Adam Grant</a></li><li>Harvard Business Review:&nbsp;<a href="https://hbr.org/2013/04/in-the-company-of-givers-and-takers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In the Company of Givers and Takers</a></li><li>New York Times:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.richroll.com/The%20Science%20of%20Reasoning%20With%20Unreasonable%20People" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Science Of Reasoning With Unreasonable People</a></li><li>New York Times:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/adam-grant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Articles By Adam Grant</a></li><li>INC:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inc.com/damon-brown/prolific-wharton-professor-adam-grant-doesnt-do-time-management-heres-what-you-should-do-instead.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prolific Wharton Professor Adam Grant Doesn’t Worry About Time Management. Here’s What He Does Instead–and So Should You</a></li><li>INC:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/want-to-stop-procrastinating-in-2021-new-research-says-just-ask-yourself-same-4-questions.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Want to Stop Procrastinating in 2021? New Research Says Ask Yourself 4 Questions–Repeatedly</a></li><li>Inc.:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.richroll.com/There%20Is%20Such%20a%20Thing%20as%20Too%20Much%20Authenticity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adam Grant: There Is Such a Thing as Too Much Authenticity</a></li><li>Inc.:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inc.com/lindsay-blakely/adam-grant-book-think-again.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why The Best Leaders Love Being Wrong</a></li><li>Inc.:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/want-to-be-more-successful-in-2021-embrace-art-of-rethinking.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Want to Be More Successful in 2021? Embrace the Power of Rethinking</a></li><li>Inc.:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inc.com/damon-brown/prolific-wharton-professor-adam-grant-doesnt-do-time-management-heres-what-you-should-do-instead.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prolific Wharton Professor Adam Grant Doesn’t Worry About Time Management</a></li><li>Marker:&nbsp;<a href="https://marker.medium.com/the-books-im-reading-to-kick-off-2021-da10f163412a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adam Grant Picks 12 Books to Kick Off 2021</a></li><li>The Washington Post:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/washington-post-live/wplive/adam-grant-says-productivity-has-improved-as-workers-stay-home/2021/01/26/62388979-2d3b-4fe2-9aff-d79b0d44bada_video.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adam Grant says productivity has improved as workers stay home</a></li><li>Forbes:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/averyblank/2021/01/12/10-easy-ways-to-develop-strong-professional-relationships-in-a-virtual-working-world/?sh=9fe6fef595e1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">10 Easy Ways To Develop Strong Professional Relationships In A Virtual Working World</a></li><li>Forbes:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthgotian/2021/02/02/is-that-the-best-solution-think-again-says-adam-grant/?sh=4827ff3c56b2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Is That The Best Solution? ‘Think Again’ Says Adam Grant</a></li><li>OZY:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/adam-grants-philosophy-of-giving/383825/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adam Grant’s Philosophy Of Giving</a></li><li>WBUR:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wbur.org/kindworld/2020/07/21/kids-kindness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Teaching Your Kids Kindness May Help Them Succeed Later In Life</a></li></ul>﻿I'm proud to announce my new book 'Voicing Change'. 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Adam Grant On The Joy of Being Wrong, The Power of Rethinking & The Future of Work

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