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E164 - Adam Grant: Why you should stop trying to prove yourself and start trying to improve yourself

The High Performance Podcast

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How Do You Build Excellence in Anything You Do?

"I know what you're thinking right now. What could I possibly learn from a professor who's 12 years old? And nobody reacts," he says. "The fact that I have the self awareness to realize that and the humility to say it out loud, hopefully shows to them, right?" He adds: "If I were to tell you that you are much more effective, if you can bring your team with you that you've worked with before, you'd say, duh, of course, I already know that."

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