Name: Think Again
Rating: 4.142857142857143 (133 reviews)
ISBN: 9781984878106

Adam Grant

Examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don't know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home. It is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong

The Power of Knowing what You Don't Know

Think Again

Ritik Sahni

Andrew Hawkins

This may have been one of the top five most important books I’ve read. 

The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

A relevant take on changing one's mind especially in a world of greater polarization and distortion of facts. Beyond asserting one's own beliefs is cultivating the capacity to hear out various perspectives, and perhaps, although not always, finding middle ground.

Goldy Y

Christian Bager Bach Houmann

I did not like Grant's previous book, Originals, very much. So I didn't have very high expectations for this one. Nevertheless, the subject matters to me, and this book has received some good ratings, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

It was good. I learned a lot of things that I didn't know. Some things I thought I knew I learned were wrong. This is what I love in good books - they challenge your beliefs. They make you think. Rethink.

My critique of this book is that the examples feel too drawn out. This made the book cumbersome to read because I was bored sometimes. It was like a rollercoaster of thinking. Either way, I got through it, and I'm happy I did.

Rita Lisboa

I love Adam Grant, but this one was a no-go for me. No new facts or tools, just a collection of anecdotes.

Ali Angco

Tara C

Relatable examples, no boring parts and very valuable in helping me rethink the way we stick with old beliefs. Love This book!

I was surprised that I enjoyed this book. A friend gifted it to me on audible a while back, and I started listening to it yesterday. From the beginning, the topics were all interesting to me and the conclusions felt well reasoned. The book didn’t feel like it was saying the same things over and over - instead, it explored different aspects of rethinking and applying this technique in different contexts. I also appreciated that the book was narrated by the author - too often narrators feel inauthentic and I think it does the authors a disservice. I recommend this book to anyone that wants to learn more about being more flexible with their thinking and how to introduce these concepts in a variety of contexts such as at work, to children, and in difficult situations.

Chad McElligott

Nelson Zagalo

Nada de novo por aqui. Adam Grant escreveu um livro inteiro para nos dizer que é preciso repensar, que é importante assumir que as primeiras impressões nem sempre são as mais corretas. Que as nossas crenças tendem a contaminar essas mesmas decisões. Que podemos ser melhores se assumirmos o erro como parte da construção de conhecimento. Ou seja, nada que já não fosse discutido na Antiga Grécia.

Mas percebe-se porque Grant o faz, mas essa razão também já não tem nada de novo. Trump, Brexit, vacinas, redes sociais, polarização, etc. Já percebemos que muito dos livros não-ficção de sucesso dos próximos anos falarão destes temas. Mas correm demasiados riscos quando o fazem. Desde logo, tratar temas que ainda estão a decorrer impede o distanciamento necessário para compreender completamente as causas. Por outro lado, usar estes grandes casos como objetos de tratamento de novas teorias é imensamente pretensioso, porque acabam por criar um quadro no qual se apresentam como salvadores de acontecimentos que não são passíveis de reduzir a meia-dúzia de variáveis de causa-efeito, por sinal aquelas que a alegada nova teoria pretende solucionar.

Mirella Hetekivi

I'd like to go as far as to say that this might be the best and most important book I've ever read.

Vivian

Adam Grant's latest book Think Again challenges you to rethink your long-held beliefs and opinions. I like his emphasis on a relearning mindset and actively listening to your opponents to find more common ground instead of arguing just to win. 

My biggest take from this book is to detach your opinions from your personality - we can get very defensive about our positions when challenged, because we take it personal. At the end of day, opinions can be changed/updated, it doesn't reflect badly on you, as a person. We all get a new phone every few years and why should we hold on to an opinion we formed 10 years ago? "Insist on your values, not your opinions."

Second thing I found helpful is to schedule a bi-annual life checkup with myself - to reflect how my aspirations may have changed in the past 6 months and identify past images of my life that are no longer relevant to the future. Rethink my plans. 

And, I can't help but feel the target audience of this book is upper class white men... So there's that..

Great book with practical tips. I had a lot of "wow" moments reading this one.

Caitlin Snyder

(+) Loved this book so much! Makes you rethink how you think, learn and discuss ideas!

Hooman Askari

Ervin Szerdocz

Unfortunately I listened to this book. Now I need to go buy a physical copy. It was so good, I need to re-read it and take more notes.

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