Originals

""Reading Originals made me feel like I was seated across from Adam Grant at a dinner party, as one of my favorite thinkers thrilled me with his insights and his wonderfully new take on the world."--Malcolm Gladwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outliers and The Tipping Point "Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful ideas. It will not only change the way you see the world; it might just change the way you live your life.^ And it could very well inspire you to change your world."--Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lean In The New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take examines how people can champion new ideas--and how leaders can encourage originality in their organizations With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation's most compelling and provocative thought leaders. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions.^ How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all?

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longnguyenSep 2021

I do not have a complete answer for you. But I've developed this simple hack that worked quite well for me. That is, before working on anything, play a little game or solve a puzzle. I learned this after reading "Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World"[1] by Adam Grant. You can watch his TED talk here [2] to get some ideas.

How do I know it work? This might be survivorship bias but whatever, I believe it worked for me. After practicing this for around a year, I developed a custom 3D visualization for our 3D scanner[3] which greatly improved the UX. Our customers loved it. We even filed a patent for it (pending though)[4]

For me, that little puzzle is usually a leetcode[5] problem, or to solve a non-trivial rubik (my humble collection here[6]).

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XIYGCDO

[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbCHn6gE3U

[3]: https://bodidata.com/kora-1

[4]: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20210018608A1

[5]: https://leetcode.com

[6]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/comments/nrzc62/just_my_humb...

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imshashankJul 2020

I really disagree. I think you haven't even tried reading the article or any of these books. To be true I was one of these people who thought all these "self-help" books are quite useless. I used to hate the word "self-help"

But these books changed my mindset. Let me share some insights from these books:

1) Fastlane Millionaire Told me that if I want to be a "Millionaire" then it's highly unlikely I will be one by working for others (a job) unless my job is super high paying. Also by having a job I am playing an almost no risk and less reward game. Instead if I just increase the risk profile lil bit my rewards will be must more increased. It's hard to explain everything in 2 lines, hence this books is number 1.

2) Creativity Inc How can creativity be nurtured and promoted.

3) Range I am one of those people who like to do multiple things and mostly mix my different passions and make something new.

6) The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau Startups don't need to be started with a lot of money. People are making it big.

7) Originals by Adam Grant Lessons from others that it is okay to think differently and it is okay to do things others might tell you not to.

These are some lessons I owe to these books.

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chiefalchemistDec 2019