Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
by Adam Grant
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Author, entrepreneur, and speaker
financial adviser
Canadian businessman
British/American author and motivational speaker
American psychologist
Recommended by 12 notable people, including Derek Sivers and Arianna Huffington
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See customer reviews on Amazon →A research-heavy exploration of how reciprocity styles—givers, takers, and matchers—shape professional success. Grant uses stories from business, sports, and entertainment to argue that selfless givers can rise to the top if they avoid burnout and exploitation. The book is densely packed with studies, which makes it convincing but sometimes overwhelming. Useful for understanding networking through a generous lens, though the sheer volume of examples may feel like a barrage. Annoying if you want fewer anecdotes and more actionable steps.
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The New York Times bestseller 'Brimming with life-changing insights' Susan Cain, author of Quiet 'Excellent' Financial Times Everybody knows that hard work, luck and talent each plays a role in our working lives. In his landmark book, Adam Grant illuminates the importance of a fourth, increasingly critical factor - that the best way to get to the top is to focus on bringing others with you. Give and Take changes our fundamental understanding of why we succeed, offering a new model for our relationships with colleagues, clients and competitors. Using his own cutting-edge research as a professor at Wharton Business School, as well as success stories from Hollywood to history, Grant shows that…
Difficulty:hard
Length:373 pages (Medium)
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Recommended by 30 sources and appears in Marketing, Best Leadership Books, and Books Recommended by Founders.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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