Worklife with Adam Grant

How to Love Criticism

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Feb 28, 2018
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ANECDOTE

Bombing at the Air Force

  • Adam Grant was once harshly criticized by Air Force officers after giving a lecture.
  • This experience motivated him to study criticism and how to learn to appreciate it.
ANECDOTE

Public Ranking

  • Keren Row, a manager at Bridgewater, was publicly ranked the worst manager in a meeting.
  • This experience, while intense, was ultimately positive for him.
INSIGHT

Criticism and the Ego

  • Criticism triggers a physical and psychological fight-or-flight response.
  • Our ego acts defensively, filtering information like a "totalitarian regime."
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