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Design Matters: Adam Grant
TED Business
How Did You Threw Away 102 Thousand Words of the First Draft?
In 20 13, you wrote your first book. It was titled give and take, a revolutionary approach to success. But i read that you threw away 102 thousand words of the first draft. And you felt like you were never going to write a book as an author. Friend in mentor told you that he didn't even know if anyone would be able to finish reading the book after he read it. So how did you handle this and ultimately rewrite and finish the book? That is all true. There are lots of things i would rewrite to day and rethink if i could. But it was a much better book than the firstdraft.
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