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Adam M. Grant (born August 13, 1981) is an American popular science author, and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology. Early life and education Grant was born in the township of West Bloomfield, Michigan, on August 13, 1981, to a lawyer father and a teacher mother. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Grant participated in springboard diving and aspired to be a professional basketball player growing up. During high school, he was named an All-American in 1999 in diving.He received a B.A. from Harvard College, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in organizational psychology. He worked as a professional magician during college. Academic career Before pursuing a career in academia Grant was the advertising director at Let's Go Publications and a professional magician. Grant was hired by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to serve as an assistant professor of organizational behavior in 2007. After publishing a series of papers in academic journals, he was hired as an associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2009, becoming the school's youngest tenured professor at age 28. He was ranked by students the best professor at the university from 2011 to 2017. In 2023, Grant was named by the Thinkers50 as the #2 most influential management thinkers in the world. Business Grant is the host of the WorkLife and ReThinking podcasts.In 2017 Grant co-founded (along with University of Michigan professor Wayne Baker and entrepreneur Cheryl Baker) Give and Take, Inc., a company that makes a software called Givitas, a web-based SaaS platform designed to help organizations implement the principles from his book Give and Take. Grant serves on the board of Lean In and chairs the Creative Advisory board of EXILE Content. Personal life While in graduate school, Grant married Allison; the couple have two daughters and a son. Books Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success (Viking, 2013) ISBN 9780670026555 Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Viking, 2016) ISBN 9780525429562 Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. with Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf, 2017) ISBN 9781524732684 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (Penguin, 2021). ISBN 9781984878106 Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things (Penguin, 2023). ISBN 9780593653142Awards 2011 winner of the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology. 2015, named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.References External links Official website Rys, Richard (Spring 2016). "Adam Grant, Original". Wharton Magazine. Adam Grant at TED Adam Grant's Business Insider interview 2019 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Guest: Adam Grant. Full Episode. 7.22.22.. Discover the Adam Grant popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Adam Grant books.
Best Seller Adam Grant Books of 2024
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Hidden Potential
Adam Grant#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger ...
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Give and Take
Adam GrantA 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 OriginalsFo...
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How to Make it Happen
Maria HatzistefanisSuccess is not final and failure is not fatal.Maria Hatzistefanis should know. Having spent 20 years building her own company (described by the press as 'an overnight success'), sh...
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Eve and Adam
Katherine Applegate & Michael GrantWith Eve and Adam, authors Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant team up for the first time since creating the bestselling Animorphs series to craft a thrilling, dualpointofview s...
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Be Fearless
Jean CaseBe Fearless is researchedbased call to action for those seeking to live extraordinary lives and bring about transformational change.LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLE...
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How to Live Your Best Life
Maria HatzistefanisIt's time to reset, adjust and take the power back.Having spent over 20 years building her hugely successful beauty empire, Maria Hatzistefanis managed to achieve all her childhood...
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The Digital Republic
Jamie SusskindFrom one of the leading intellectuals of the digital age, The Digital Republic is the definitive guide to the great political question of our time: how can freedom and democracy su...
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How to Know Everything
Elke Wiss & David DohertyThe international bestseller that will sharpen your mind, broaden your perspective and transform your relationships.WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS?In an increasingly po...
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How Confidence Works
Ian RobertsonConfidence makes your brain work better and boosts your performance Confidence acts like a miniantidepressant, lifting your mood Confidence is contagious Confidence is anxiety's g...
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High on Life
David J. P. PhillipsA revolutionary guide to optimizing your brain and becoming the best version of yourself. "A handson manual for influencing human happiness through your own biology. It doesn't get...
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Innovating with Impact
Ted Ladd & Alessandro LanteriWe're all innovators now. Thinkers and entrepreneurs Ted Ladd and Alessandro Lanteri show us how to make the most of our ideas.It is a myth to consider innovation the domain of the...
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The Age of Magical Overthinking
Amanda MontellFrom the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases...
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A Life with Ghosts
Steve GonsalvesNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe debut book from paranormal investigator and Ghost Hunters TV star Steve Gonsalves! Steve Gonsalvesalready considered to be one of the top paranormal investi...
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Type R
Ama Marston & Stephanie MarstonForget Type As and Bs. The future lies with Type Rsthe resilient individuals, leaders, businesses, families, and communities who turn challenges into opportunities in times of uphe...
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My Best Mistake
Terry O'ReillyThe host of CBC Radio’s Under the Influence, Terry O’Reilly, uncovers the surprising power of screwing upThe Incredible Hulk was originally supposed to be grey, but a printing glit...
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Bold
Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler“A visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the worldand invaluable advice about bringing together the partners and technologies to help them do it.” President Bill...
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Adam Grant Think Again Book
Instant-SummaryThink Again The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know A Comprehensive Summary Chapter One: A Preacher, a Prosecutor, a Politician, and a Scientist Walk into Your Mind When ...
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Hearts Touched with Fire
David GergenThis instant New York Times bestseller is an “inspiring and useful” (The Washington Post) guide to the art of leadership from David Gergenformer White House adviser to four US pres...
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Life After You
Lucie Brownlee‘He crashed on to the pillow next to me, heavy as a felled oak. I slapped His face and told Him to wake up. Our daughter, B, appeared in the doorway, woken up by the screaming – I ...
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A Better Man
Michael Ian BlackA provocative, personal, and useful look at boyhood, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love “Surprising . . . [Black’s] tone ...
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Upstream
Dan HeathWall Street Journal BestsellerNew York Times bestselling author Dan Heath explores how to prevent problems before they happen, drawing on insights from hundreds of interviews with ...
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Seek
Scott ShigeokaMaximize your potential for connection, healing, and personal growth with this “timely bridge for our divided world.” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of ...
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Right Kind of Wrong
Amy C. EdmondsonWinner of the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023 A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2023A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship wi...
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Leading Without Authority
Keith Ferrazzi & Noel WeyrichThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Never Eat Alone redefines collaboration with a radical new workplace operating system in which leadership no longer demands an offi...
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10 to 25
David YeagerAcclaimed developmental psychologist David Yeager reveals the new science of motivating young people ages ten through twentyfive in this groundbreaking book that is a mustread for ...
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Originales
Adam GrantMejorar el mundo es nuestro principal reto, pero debemos afrontarlo desde un nuevo punto de vista: ser originales. Pero ¿cómo hacemos florecer estas nuevas ideas, políticas y práct...
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How to Be an Overnight Success
Maria HatzistefanisHard won advice practical business advice from the hugely successful entrepreneur and founder of the Rodial skincare, Maria Hatzistefanis with plenty of advice, tips and practica...
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Activate Your Greatness
Alex ToussaintAlex Toussaint, the Peloton star who counts everyone from Roger Federer and the Golden State Warriors to the Today Show’s Carson Daly as fans, hops off the bike and gives readers t...
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The Book of Leadership
Anthony Gell'Full of seriously good leadership wisdom a must read for those who aspire to greatness' Richard Koch, bestselling author of The 80/20 Principle 'One of the most stimulating books...
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Cultures of Growth
Mary C. MurphyAwardwinning social psychologist Mary Murphy offers a groundbreaking reconsideration of individual and team successshowing how to create and sustain a growth mindset in any organiz...
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Gravitas
Caroline GoyderHave you ever wondered why some people earn attention and respect when they speak and others don't? The secret to their success can be summed up in one word: gravitas. In this revo...
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When Women Lead
Julia BoorstinThis groundbreaking, deeply reported work from CNBC’s Julia Boorstin reveals the key characteristics that help top female leaders thrive as they innovate, grow businesses, and navi...
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The Choice
Edith Eva EgerA New York Times Bestseller“I’ll be forever changed by Dr. Eger’s story…The Choice is a reminder of what courage looks like in the worst of times and that we all have the ability t...
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50 Success Classics
Tom Butler-BowdonDiscover the alltime classic books that have helped millions of people achieve success in their work and personal lives.
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Burn the Business Plan
Carl J. SchrammBusiness startup advice from the former president of the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation and cofounder of Global Entrepreneurship Week and StartUp America, this “thoughtful study ...
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Option B
Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER From authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life’s inevitable...
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The Gift Inside the Box
Adam Grant, Allison Sweet Grant & Diana SchoenbrunAdam Grant, the bestselling author of Give and Take, teams with his wife, Allison, to share the lighthearted tale of a gift in search of a givera classic in the making and the perf...
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Your Next Five Moves
Patrick Bet-DavidFrom the creator of Valuetainment, the #1 YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” (Ray Dalio, author of Principles) in business today, comes a pr...