In another lifetime I am certain I would have become a social scientist.  I love learning about why I and other people think and do things like we do.  So naturally when I stumbled upon a new interview of author and Wharton Business School Professor Adam Grant, I couldn’t wait to hear his thoughts.  Just to be clear, I haven’t yet read his new book Think Again—The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know.  But I was so excited about his ideas from several interviews that I simply couldn’t wait to put some of them down on paper and share them with you.  Call it cheating if you want, I like to tell myself I have yours and mine best interests at heart.  Undoubtedly, that is just another example of how we can easily fool ourselves into believing what we believe is true for everyone.  So yes, there is power in being willing to know you can’t be certain about those many things you think you know.

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