Adam Grant Says You're Doing Relationships Wrong

Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Ten Percent Happier Podcast. I'm your host, Dan Harris. Today we're gonna debunk some myths about how to manage your relationships. uh at home and at work. Uh here are some myths. Never go to bed angry. Agreeing to disagree is the right way to resolve conflict. It takes a long time to develop a close relationship. If you want to have good teamwork, you should all be in the office together. And this is the one that really got me in order to have good teamwork, you need to like your colleagues. My guest today is Adam Grant, who's a professor at the Wharton School. He's written many, many, many best selling books. His latest book, sure to be a bestseller, is called Vibe, The Secrets of Strong Connections in a Lonely World. Adam Grant. Welcome back to the show. I think this is your sixth time on the show. It's always a pleasure to be here, Dan, but I'm especially looking forward to this one because I feel like we built a connection.

Through podcast conversations, more or less. And so this is a little meta to be here to talk about connections. Yeah, you're absolutely right. I think we've met in person like A grand total of three or four times. You say this book, which again is called Vibe, um you say it's your most personal yet. What what do you mean by that? I think writing about this topic it forced me to be more vulnerable than I've been before and Frankly, one of the voices in my head while I was writing this book was yours.

Which is You you gave me some very direct and helpful feedback that I'm pretty comfortable talking about my past struggles and mistakes, but I'm overly guarded when talking about my current challenges, and sometimes that puts distance between me and other people. I don't want to be someone who puts distance between me and other people. And

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