Adam Sobel: If you can get the Red Sox and the Yankees fans to get along, anything is possible in our marriages. Sobel: I worked on this set of experiments with one of our doctoral students,. We found a bunch of approaches that didn't work. What was effective was getting people to imagine how they themselves could have ended up rooting for the rival team.
We’re taught that the mark of surefire intelligence is the ability to think and learn. But in his new book, “Think Again,” Adam Grant says that in our turbulent world, there’s a more important skill: the ability to rethink and unlearn. If you can learn how to revise your opinions, check your ego, and admit when you’re wrong, then you’ll be on a path toward wisdom and joy.