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The Creative Power of Misfits

Worklife with Adam Grant

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How to Motivate People to Prove Others Wrong

The idea that we're proving folks wrong, i think, is the prime motivator. Pixar producer nicol grindel saw brad's under gambit payoff. The black sheep at the studio felt the naysayers had no business judging their abilities or the new animation techniques they were about to invent. I came away from pikar convinced that to shake things up, it can help to recruit people you'd least expect and listen to them.

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