Adam Grant

Which brings us back to The Giving Tree, or as Topher Payne's rewrite is called, The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries.

His version starts when the boy is grown up and returns to the tree for the first time.

And the boy is okay with that.

He realizes he hasn't been a very good friend and begins to look after the tree, just like the tree looked after him.

Eventually, he has kids who also love the tree.

This episode was produced by Daphne Chen.

Our team includes Brittany Cronin, Constanza Gallardo, Greta Cohn, Grace Rubinstein, Daniela Balarezo, Ben Ben Chang, Alejandra Salazar, and Roxanne Heilash.

Our fact checker is Paul Durbin.

Our show is mixed by Sarah Bruguere.

Original music by Hans Dale Sue and Allison Leighton Brown.

Thank you.

Hannah Riley Bowles on women and negotiation tactics.

Yijin Park on referral aversion.

Vanessa's co-authors Frank Flynn, Rachel Schlund, and Madi Roganizad.

And thanks to Izzy Carter and Theo Beidler.

All right, what's one you want to throw at me?

What's the hardest request for you to say no to?

I feel like I should eat my own dog food here.

To borrow a line from Jim on The Office, that is not something I am going to do.

Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick with the TED Audio Collective. I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking. Mein Gast heute ist Loretta Ross, öffentlich-intellektuelle Aktivistin und Professorin an der Smith College.