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Weird
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Weird

The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World

by Olga Khazan

Recommended by 4 notable people, including Adam Grant and Daniel Pink

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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Best Leadership Books, Most Recommended Books, and Leadership.

In the tradition of Susan Cain's Quiet and Scott Stossel's My Age of Anxiety, Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan reclaims the concept of "weird" and turns it into a badge of honor rather than a slur, showing how being different culturally, socially, physically, or mentally can actually be a person's greatest strength.Most of us have at some po...

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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Best Leadership Books, Most Recommended Books, and Leadership.

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