Adam Grant: The Surprising New Research On Procrastination, Perfectionism & Happiness!

Ronaldo is an individual superstar, but the way he plays his game does not So what can we learn from this? First of all, Adam Grant. Business psychologist. One of the world's most influential career business thinkers. He will help you do the best work of your life and reach your professional potential. My job is to study how to make work not suck and help you become a better version of yourself. So what is some of the myths and findings about unlocking our hidden potential? These might surprise people. It turns out that perfectionism is not all it's cracked up to be. It's a risk factor for burnout. Firstborn score higher in IQ tests, but later born tend to be more willing to take risks. We don't procrastinate for the reasons we think we do. It's not hard work that you're avoiding when you procrastinate. It is decades of research on brainstorming has shown that if you get a group of people together to generate ideas,

If instead you had let them work alone, you would have gotten more ideas and also better ideas. When people talk about imposter syndrome, that feeling is actually pretty rare. What's much more common is imposter thoughts, but all kinds of benefits of having those thoughts. For example, data from 50,000 people found that Chrome or Firefox users are on average better performers and they stick around longer. if you're using Safari or Internet Explorer. Give me one more. Okay, well this is the most vital skill to unlock the hidden potential of yourself. So what you have to do is Before we wrap, I have a couple questions for you. Why do I feel nervous? You should feel nervous. Uh first question is what's something I can do better as a podcast guest? Oh gosh.

Uh At the very essence of your work. What is it you Are trying to do.

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