Rethinking Author: [US] Adam Grant Publisher: CITIC Press

Introduction

Intelligence is often seen as the most important ability in the process of thinking and learning, but in today's rapidly changing world, rethinking and unlearning may be the most important skills. The rapid changes in global situations and politics have forced many people to re-evaluate their ideas and decisions. However, we still like to stay in the comfort zone of certainty and refuse the discomfort brought by doubt. We prefer ideas that make us feel good to those that require hard thinking. For many problems, intelligence is not a panacea, and it may even be a curse. The smarter we are, the easier it is to turn a blind eye to our own limitations.

In this book, Adam Grant, a star professor at Wharton Business School and a best-selling author, provides bold arguments and rigorous evidence to show us how to embrace the joy of making mistakes; how to encourage others to rethink a wide range of issues, such as racial discrimination, climate change, etc.; how to create schools, workplaces, and lifelong learner communities that are conducive to inspiring rethinking. You will learn how a world champion in debate won the argument, how a black musician persuaded white people to give up racial hatred, and how a vaccine "whisperer" persuaded anti-vaccine people to agree to vaccinate their children. This book hopes to enable you to abandon outdated views, stop sticking to stupid ideas, cherish the plasticity of thinking, and maintain humility and curiosity. If knowledge brings power, then knowing what you don't know is the indispensable wisdom of the present.

About the Author

Adam Grant is a professor of organizational psychology at the Wharton School of Business. He has won the honor of " Most Popular Lecturer " of the school for seven consecutive years and is a star mentor in Silicon Valley. He is a New York Times bestselling author and one of the most popular speakers at TED . He has written many works, including "Heretical" and "Wharton's Most Popular Success Class". The cumulative sales of his works exceed 2 million copies, and they have been translated into 35 languages ​​and sold worldwide. The highest number of views of his speeches has reached more than 25 million times. He is one of the " 10 most influential management thinkers in the world " and one of the "40 business elites under 40 " selected by Fortune. He is the winner of the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation.