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

by Adam M. Grant

How do you know? It’s a question we need to ask more often, both of ourselves and of others. The power lies in its frankness. It’s nonjudgmental—a straightforward expression of doubt and curiosity that doesn’t put people on the defensive.

There’s a fine line between heroic persistence and foolish stubbornness. Sometimes the best kind of grit is gritting our teeth and turning around.

In hindsight, identity foreclosure is a Band-Aid: it covers up an identity crisis, but fails to cure it.