Why Smart People Stay Stuck in Their Beliefs | Adam Grant

“When you go to school you don’t go to affirm what you already believe, you show up to evolve what you believe and that’s one of the things I love about the School of Greatness.” Today’s guest is #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Grant, who is an organizational psychologist at Wharton, author of four books that have sold millions of copies, and host of the chart-topping TED podcast WorkLife. Grant’s TED talks have been viewed more than 20 million times, and he has been recognized as one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers, Fortune’s 40 under 40, Oprah’s Super Soul 100, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and received distinguished scientific achievement awards from the American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation. In this episode Lewis and Adam have a wide-ranging conversation about why we need to create rules for disagreements and frame a conversation first, why humans need to influence others, how to improve your mental flexibility, how your personality affects your motivation and performance, and so much more! For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1066 Read Adam’s new book: https://www.adamgrant.net/book/think-again/ Check out his website: https://www.adamgrant.net/ Check out Greatness Coaching: www.lewishowes.com/mycoach Daymond John on How to Close any Deal and Achieve Any Outcome: https://link.chtbl.com/928-pod Sara Blakely on Writing Your Billion Dollar Story: https://link.chtbl.com/893-pod