Adam Grant

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2,364 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 11 Aug

Adam Grant’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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ReThinking · Creative anxiety, self-doubt, and procrastination with Fredrik Backman · 23 Jun 2026 podcast

If I remember correctly, you were driving a forklift when you started writing? matched

That sounds very familiar. matched

Well, it it does make sense, although I think matched

If that's true, you're dramatically underestimating your skills as a speaker because I first became aware of you not through reading your work, but rather through watching a a speech you gave. matched

I think it was at Simon and Schuster. matched

I laughed so hard watching that speech. matched

Was the whole thing written or improvised or a mix of the two? matched

Well, I I was fascinated by the way that you framed creative anxiety and procrastination. matched

And I know you only had four minutes in that speech, but I wanted to go deeper on those themes. matched

Talk to me about how you experience creative anxiety and and what causes you to procrastinate. matched

Oh, there's so much to react to here. matched

Well, first of all, I think it was Aaron Sorkin who said, you call it procrastinating, I call it thinking. matched

And I have found in some of my research that there is truth to that. matched

Uh Jihei Shin and I have published some studies showing that people who procrastinate moderately tend to be more creative than people who procrastinate a lot, but also than people who procrastinate a little because matched

some degree of delay, even though it might be uncomfortable or stressful or anxiety inducing or maybe even guilt inducing. matched

Some degree of delay forces you to incubate. matched

It prevents you from rushing ahead with your first idea and allows you to wait for your best idea. matched

It makes it possible to maybe reframe the problem and access more remote. matched

kind of unexpected directions for a storyline or you know more novel possibilities for an idea. matched

And I'm so curious to hear about is that your experience? matched

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