Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

Description

Adam Grant’s book Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things is a really thought-provoking and motivational book that goes against the usual story of success. Grant makes a strong case for focusing on character, opportunity, and effort instead than natural skill, early success, and measured aptitude, which are generally considered as more important in today’s world.

Adam Grant is a well-known organizational psychologist and popular author. He is not new to figuring out what makes people act the way they do and what makes them successful. In Hidden Potential, he tells readers to stop thinking about their natural abilities and start thinking about the more life-changing adventure of growth. He shows how normal people those who don’t start out as geniuses or standouts can do amazing things by using their passion, curiosity, and determination through great stories and cutting-edge research.

The main thesis of the book is simple but powerful: success is not something we are born with; it is something we can change by how we treat ourselves and others. Grant talks on “scaffolding,” which are the people, places, and processes that help people learn and grow. He looks at how abilities that are often ignored can grow when they get the correct help, and how people who seem to be average can do better than their colleagues when they are pushed to try new things, change, and question the current quo.

Grant talks about people and teams who have gone above and beyond what was expected of them, not because they were inherently talented, but because they had a growth, resilience, and continuous learning attitude. These people and teams include those in classrooms, startups, elite athletic training centers, and scientific labs. These real-life examples teach useful lessons for parents, teachers, managers, and anybody else who wants to assist themselves or others reach new heights.

Hidden Potential also isn’t afraid to talk about systemic problems that often hold back growth. Grant says we need to reassess how we judge ability, how we set up education and training, and how we define success. He tells executives to make workplaces that are open to everyone and don’t simply reward the best people; they should also help others who are still figuring things out.

Grant’s ability to mix hope with realism is what makes this novel so powerful. He gives readers concrete, research-based ways to find and develop their own potential, whether that involves accepting feedback, being uncomfortable, or changing their identity from a fixed performer to a lifelong learner.

In the end, Hidden Potential is more than just a book about how to improve yourself. It’s a plan for making the world a better place one that values effort over ego, growth over genius, and progress over perfection. It encourages readers not only to reach for higher goals, but also to lay the groundwork for those goals to last.

About the Author

Adam Grant is a psychologist, professor at the Wharton School, and a New York Times bestselling author known for his bestselling books Give and Take, Originals, and Think Again. A leading voice on motivation, leadership, and workplace culture, Grant is also the host of the popular TED podcast WorkLife and has been recognized as one of the world’s most influential management thinkers.

Product Details

• Title: Hidden Potential
• Author: Adam Grant
• ISBN-13: 9780593462674
• Publisher: Viking
• Published: October 24, 2023
• Pages: 320
• Binding: Paperpack