Give and Take
Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
by Adam Grant
For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But in today’s dramatically reconfigured world, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. In Give and Take, Adam Grant, an award-winning researcher and Wharton’s highest-rated professor, examines the surprising forces...
Publish Date
2014
March 25
Goodreads rating
4.1
ISBN
9780315782143
Tags
businessnonfictionpsychologysocial-sciences
Recommendations
11
Recommendations
I love Give and Take, which shows that givers get ahead and nice guys don’t finish last. – source
Mar 26, 2014
Gotta say, I'm pretty flattered every time asks me if I've read @AdamMGrant book Give and Take. Good guy. Good book. – sourceA truly exhilarating book—the rare work that will shatter your assumptions about how the world works and keep your brain firing for weeks after you’ve turned the last page. – source
Mar 26, 2014
If you feel you are too generous, or too greedy, or are wary and insist on reciprocation, consider reading this research-based look at the subject of these different personality types. Counter-intuitive findings. – sourceDefines a road to success marked by new ways of relating to colleagues and customers as well as new ways of growing a business. – source
Packed with cutting-edge research, concrete examples, and deep insight, Give and Take offers extraordinarily thought-provoking—and often surprising—conclusions about how our interactions with others drive our success and happiness. – source
As brilliant as it is wise, this is not just a book—it’s a new and shining worldview. – source
This book holds the key to a more satisfied and productive workplace, better customer relationships, and higher profits. – source