Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

by Adam M. Grant

Inverse charisma.

In one poll, a third of women said their pets were better listeners than their partners. Maybe it wasn’t just my kids who wanted a cat.

caught up in trying to “maintain a consistent narrative rather than an accurate record.”

Her simple denial overlooks the complex reality that racism is a function of our actions, not merely our intentions. As historian Ibram X. Kendi writes, “Racist and antiracist are not fixed identities.

“interrogate information instead of simply consuming it,” (2) “reject rank and popularity as a proxy for reliability,” and (3) “understand that the sender of information is often not its source.”

Michelle Obama writes. “What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”*

Your future self doesn’t exist right now, either, and your interests might change over time.