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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 Think You Met Your Goals?

"I see this person basically check off all the boxes of what I would advise a leader not to do," she says. "Your first job as a leader is to try to elevate the people around you." A culture where ideas can't be heard will miss out on good ones, he adds. The best way to change an environment is to systematically study it and find ways to make it more meritocratic.

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