Book review: Adam Grant’s Think again: The power of knowing what you don’t know
I'm reading a lot during the holidays. One of the books I read was: "Think again: The power of knowing what you don’t know" by Adam Grant
Although I've read a lot of books about mindset, planning, thinking etcetera, this book did give me some new insights.
We often hold on to old ways of thinking. Grant states in his book that it would be good when we would rethink things more often.
Reconsidering is scary, why would you reconsider thoughts that have been yours all the time? But we do reconsider our clothes and for instance our old replacing our Windows 95 machine, but the way we think about things often stay the same for many years.
One of the examples in the book is from the Mann Gulch fire. I didn't know about this fire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Gulch_fire), but the example is striking.
A couple of firemen was dropped by parachute to combat a nature fire. They had to flee because the fire came their way fast.
One fireman didn't do the obvious. He set a small piece of nature on fire himself and laid down in the middle of the burnt grass. This way he had a small area where all the grass was burnt. This way he survived the fire. Unlike many of his colleagues who kept on the idea of fleeing.
Many years later fireman even have been rethinking combatting nature fires overall. Unless there are houses to protect, nature fires can even be good for an area and don't need to be extinguished at all.
Grant states that if you master the art of rethinking, you’ll become better at your work and happier in your life.
I won't spoil all the examples of the book, but the one of Mike Lazaridis is also a very nice one. The name Mike Lazaridis might not ring a bell, but he was the inventor of the Blackberry, which became very popular in the early years of 2000. But Mike kept believing in his idea that people keep wanting a keyboard instead of a touchscreen and would like mails, not all other apps. This stubbornness ment the downfall of Blackberry that got wiped away by Android and Iphones.
We need to get rid of the: We have always done it like that-mentality and look at things as a scientist.
Do research and change your perspective when you have new facts.
Some nice quotes from the book:
- Don't believe everything you think!
- If you're wrong, you learn something.
- Don't make assumptions. Ask; how do you know that?
I really like the book and it did give me some new information. I do try to ask myself more questions and don't take things for granted.
If you are interested in this matter, I would recommend you to read this book too.
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This is precisely why I always have a little bit of contempt for the conventional way of doing things. I always question why something is done the way it is done and most times when I asked the answer usually given is "Because, that's the way we have been doing it!"
I don't think I've read this one but the messaging seems similar to many books I've read within this niche. By the way, I've noticed more people read book this holiday and the activity is picking up. I guess, June-July are the best time to read book? 😄
Yeah, I'm on the campsite and have a lot of spare time. No work or other chores to do and plenty of energy too.
Many people should start with the first volume though - Think Once at Least ;)
Haha! Indeed!
That's what I tell my kids too. Think first, then act!
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Reading books is really a matter of time, only interest, effort and information gathering is a human task. Reading books is good for increasing the efficiency of the brain. However, reading books is an encouraging task. Through which we can achieve courage, intelligence and humanity with patterns.
Many sources of life can be found including planning and mentality. Thank you very much for providing such a book. I hope that your beautiful insight will spread among the attractive people. However, even if we want to forget our thoughts, even if they are old, they will awaken them again. However, it is true that it would be better to fully consider our thoughts. "Think again" "Adam grant" The beautifully written book is an eye-catching one that will open the door to experience after reading.
It is not something that I especially trust my thoughts all the time. I only surprise myself with the tasks ahead of me. However, it is much better to ask than to guess. This way, the correct information can be retrieved. I liked the book very much. Maybe there is some more information hidden in it that really doubles the experience.
In our city, a plane crash killed countless children and teachers. The plane caught fire. Milestone School and College. Especially when the plane crashed on the roof. Within moments, many people including children were burnt in the smoke and fire. But the fire brigade came and rescued some people. But some people died in the hospital. It is very sad that we have to see such an accident. Most of whom were children. More than 250 people died. We are truly saddened.
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A wonderful message with a beautiful book title. Thank you very much for presenting it to us.
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