Adam Galinsky

And I call that being visionary. The second factor is how we kind of stand in the world, our presence, how we are in the world. And I call that being an exemplar of desired behavior. And the third factor is how we interact with others in the world. And I call that sort of being a great mentor. And so these are the three universal factors, being visionary, being an exemplar and being a mentor.

It's our current behavior that inspires or infuriates. You may be inspiring today, but infuriating tomorrow, right? What you do today is not going to protect you from falling to the other end of the continuum. And so we're never going to be inspiring all the time. We're never going to reach this apotheosis of inspiring perfection. But we can...

It's our current behavior that inspires or infuriates. You may be inspiring today, but infuriating tomorrow, right? What you do today is not going to protect you from falling to the other end of the continuum. And so we're never going to be inspiring all the time. We're never going to reach this apotheosis of inspiring perfection. But we can...

It's our current behavior that inspires or infuriates. You may be inspiring today, but infuriating tomorrow, right? What you do today is not going to protect you from falling to the other end of the continuum. And so we're never going to be inspiring all the time. We're never going to reach this apotheosis of inspiring perfection. But we can...

strive to be more inspiring tomorrow than we were today, right? And that is, I think, the fundamental, most important insight of my research.

strive to be more inspiring tomorrow than we were today, right? And that is, I think, the fundamental, most important insight of my research.

strive to be more inspiring tomorrow than we were today, right? And that is, I think, the fundamental, most important insight of my research.

Well, so I think one of the other key things that my research has shown is that one of the foundational elements for being more inspiring today than you were yesterday is the power of reflection, reflecting on our experiences, reflecting on important aspects of ourselves. And so I actually can go through and I can give you what is the key reflection that allows us to be more visionary or more

Well, so I think one of the other key things that my research has shown is that one of the foundational elements for being more inspiring today than you were yesterday is the power of reflection, reflecting on our experiences, reflecting on important aspects of ourselves. And so I actually can go through and I can give you what is the key reflection that allows us to be more visionary or more

Well, so I think one of the other key things that my research has shown is that one of the foundational elements for being more inspiring today than you were yesterday is the power of reflection, reflecting on our experiences, reflecting on important aspects of ourselves. And so I actually can go through and I can give you what is the key reflection that allows us to be more visionary or more

exemplary or a better mentor because I think these provide profound insights for how we can become more inspiring. Let me tell you about a study that we did, which I think is going to have a big impact on listeners. If any of you out there have ever lost a job, you know how demoralizing it is, how humiliating it is. I lost my first post-college job three months after being hired.

exemplary or a better mentor because I think these provide profound insights for how we can become more inspiring. Let me tell you about a study that we did, which I think is going to have a big impact on listeners. If any of you out there have ever lost a job, you know how demoralizing it is, how humiliating it is. I lost my first post-college job three months after being hired.

exemplary or a better mentor because I think these provide profound insights for how we can become more inspiring. Let me tell you about a study that we did, which I think is going to have a big impact on listeners. If any of you out there have ever lost a job, you know how demoralizing it is, how humiliating it is. I lost my first post-college job three months after being hired.

I was fired and I was just so demoralized. We did this study with the Swiss government. We went into an employment agency where everyone has to register in order to get unemployment benefits in Switzerland. We gave half of these people coming into the employment agency a little 15-minute reflection task. We said, I want you to think about your values. What are your top five values?

I was fired and I was just so demoralized. We did this study with the Swiss government. We went into an employment agency where everyone has to register in order to get unemployment benefits in Switzerland. We gave half of these people coming into the employment agency a little 15-minute reflection task. We said, I want you to think about your values. What are your top five values?

I was fired and I was just so demoralized. We did this study with the Swiss government. We went into an employment agency where everyone has to register in order to get unemployment benefits in Switzerland. We gave half of these people coming into the employment agency a little 15-minute reflection task. We said, I want you to think about your values. What are your top five values?

Now, put them in a hierarchy. What's your most important value? What's the one that animates the others? Just put them in a little hierarchy. Now, I want you to think about why are those values important to you. Then, finally, think about times when you've demonstrated those values recently in your own behavior.

Now, put them in a hierarchy. What's your most important value? What's the one that animates the others? Just put them in a little hierarchy. Now, I want you to think about why are those values important to you. Then, finally, think about times when you've demonstrated those values recently in your own behavior.

Now, put them in a hierarchy. What's your most important value? What's the one that animates the others? Just put them in a little hierarchy. Now, I want you to think about why are those values important to you. Then, finally, think about times when you've demonstrated those values recently in your own behavior.

Two months later, we found that people who were given this values recall intervention, this reflection task, were twice as likely to have a job than people in our control condition. In fact, the effect was so strong, we stopped the study and gave everybody the values reflection intervention. Now, what's going on there?