Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

by Adam M. Grant

Being polite is withholding feedback to make someone feel good today. Being kind is being candid about how they can get better tomorrow.

Expectations tend to rise with accomplishment. The better you’re performing, the more you demand of yourself and the less you notice incremental gains. Appreciating progress depends on remembering how your past self would see your current achievements. If you knew five years ago what you’d accomplish now, how proud would you have been?