Recommended by: Kallol Das

Summary:

There's a new skill for the modern world that matters more than raw intelligence - the ability to change your mind. To have the edge we all need to develop the flexibility to unlearn old beliefs and adapt when the evidence and the world changes before us.

Told through fascinating stories, informed by cutting-edge research and illustratedwith amazing insights from Adam Grant's conversations with people such as Elon Musk, Hilary Clinton's campaign team, top CEOs and leading scientists, this is the ultimate guide to keeping your thinking fresh, learning when to question your ideas and update your own opinions, and how to inspire those around you to do the same.

Contents:

PART 1. Individual Rethinking Updating Our Own Views
1. A Preacher, a Prosecutor, a Politician, and a Scientist Walk in Your to Mind
2. The Armchair Quarterback and the Impostor:
Finding the Sweet Spot of Confidence
3. The Joy of Being Wrong:
The Thrill of Not Believing Everything You Think
4. The Good Fight Club:
The Psychology of Constructive Conflict
PART 1. Interpersonal Rethinking
Opening Other People’s Minds
5. Dances with Foes: How to Win Debates
and Influence People
6. Bad Blood on the Diamond: Diminishing Prejudice
by Destabilizing Stereotypes
7. Vaccine Whispererasnd Mild-Mannered Interrogators:
How the Right Kind of Listening Motivates People to
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PARTPART lii. Collective Rethinking
Creating Communities of Lifdlong Learners
8. Charged Conversations:
Depolarizing Our Divided Discussions Rewriting the Textbook:
Teaching Students to Question Knowledge
10. That's Not the Way We've Always Done It:
Building Cultures of Learning at Work PART IV. Conclusion
11 Escaping Tunnel Vision: Reconsidering Our Best-Laid Career and Life Plans