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Worklife with Adam Grant
The Power of Bearing Witness and Solomon's Paradox
The deepest advice holds a powerful quality of bearing witness by speaking the truth about what we see, even though it may be difficult to say and to hear. Such profound advice has the potential to be life-changing. Psychologically known as Solomon's paradox, it highlights the tendency to provide better advice to others than we take for ourselves. This paradox is a significant part of the speaker's life and poses a compelling question about its underlying causes.
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