“When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion ...” — Adam Grant Quote

When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.

Being a nice person is about courtesy: you're friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them.

I want my children to know that we often become resilient for others.

Teams need the opportunity to learn about each other's capabilities and develop productive routines. So once we get the right people on the bus, let's make sure they spend some time driving together.

To generate creative ideas, it's important to start from an unusual place. But to explain those ideas, they have to be connected to something familiar.

I have a great curiosity to see new things, but not to own them. It's very peaceful this way, and one of the nice things about getting older.

Building good technology starts with strong curiosity, pursuit of hard problems and exploration, wherever it leads. It isn't necessarily high-minded. Rather, on an important level, it's the age-old quest to build a better mousetrap - or maybe even to reimagine the problem in a way that eliminates a need for a mousetrap in the first place.

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

I'm proud of the fact that I thought of the solar wind. It was an exercise in pursuing curiosity, which is the main motivation for studying physics from a personal standpoint.