Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our SuccessPenguin, 2014 M03 25 - 320 pages A groundbreaking look at why our interactions with others hold the key to success, from the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential, Think Again, and Originals For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But in today’s dramatically reconfigured world, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. In Give and Take, Adam Grant, an award-winning researcher and Wharton’s highest-rated professor, examines the surprising forces that shape why some people rise to the top of the success ladder while others sink to the bottom. Praised by social scientists, business theorists, and corporate leaders, Give and Take opens up an approach to work, interactions, and productivity that is nothing short of revolutionary. |
Contents
Good Returns | 1 |
The Peacock and the Panda | 27 |
The Ripple Effect | 61 |
Finding the Diamond in the Rough | 94 |
The Power of Powerless Communication | 126 |
The Art of Motivation Maintenance | 155 |
Chump Change | 186 |
The Scrooge Shift | 216 |
Out of the Shadows | 250 |
Actions for Impact | 261 |
Acknowledgments | 269 |
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