Adam Grant

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ReThinking · The one skill you need to succeed in your career in a turbulent world - by Adam Grant | from Radio Davos · 26 May 2026 podcast

Um, I used it frequently as a diving coach.

How to ask divers, just like Eric asked me, you know, do you want to do this?

What are you waiting for?

Um, but I've also found myself motivated.

Friends, family, colleagues the same way, even my own kids sometimes.

had that happen yet because normally when people are are grappling with the question of you know of whether to wait or take the leap, they've already built enough skill or enough motivation that they they are prepared.

But I did have it sort of backfire once uh when our when our son was, I think he was eight, he was waffling about whether to go on his first roller coaster.

And I said, Henry, do you want to do this?

And he said

No, Dad, I don't.

That was the end of the conversation and it took another year to get him on one.

Yeah, definitely.

Motivational interviewing is one of my favorite ways of helping people think about change.

Uh it comes out of counseling psychology.

Um originally a pair of counseling psychologists, uh Miller and Rolnick, were working with um people who were struggling with addiction.

And at the time, the you know, basically it was a lot of blaming and shaming uh to say, you know, how could you do this?

You're ruining your life, uh, you're letting

your family down and they found that not only was this not effective, it it just it made people either feel terrible about themselves or get defensive and and change didn't happen.

And they started wondering if there was a a better way to help people think about change.

And the insight they stumbled onto was when people are having a hard time changing, the worst thing you can do is just try to argue with them or persuade them.

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