Adam Grant

What happened in that five-minute interaction? All I did was bring in one scholarship student who said, because of the money you raise, I am able to afford school. And here's how it's changed my life. And here's how I'm trying to pay it forward. And all of a sudden, the meaning of the work changes. This job is not a job where I'm harassing people and ruining their night.

It's a job where I'm enabling students to go to school. And I think that this is something we could probably all do more of. I think it's easy in a job to lose sight of what your impact is. It's worth asking, if my work didn't exist, if I weren't doing this job, who would be worse off? And the people who come to mind, they are the ones who make your work matter.

It's a job where I'm enabling students to go to school. And I think that this is something we could probably all do more of. I think it's easy in a job to lose sight of what your impact is. It's worth asking, if my work didn't exist, if I weren't doing this job, who would be worse off? And the people who come to mind, they are the ones who make your work matter.

It's a job where I'm enabling students to go to school. And I think that this is something we could probably all do more of. I think it's easy in a job to lose sight of what your impact is. It's worth asking, if my work didn't exist, if I weren't doing this job, who would be worse off? And the people who come to mind, they are the ones who make your work matter.

They're the reason that you have meaning in your job. And you can apply this to any role, right? You could ask that question as a parent. You could ask that question as a community member or a family or a friend, right? Who would be worse off if I weren't playing this role? That's where meaning comes from.

They're the reason that you have meaning in your job. And you can apply this to any role, right? You could ask that question as a parent. You could ask that question as a community member or a family or a friend, right? Who would be worse off if I weren't playing this role? That's where meaning comes from.

They're the reason that you have meaning in your job. And you can apply this to any role, right? You could ask that question as a parent. You could ask that question as a community member or a family or a friend, right? Who would be worse off if I weren't playing this role? That's where meaning comes from.

I think it is. And one of the things that I found in some follow-up experiments was it didn't help to bring in nine scholarship students. And pretty soon, they were no longer stories. They were statistics. And I think you're onto something there that the more that we try to quantify... Here are all the metrics we need you to hit. The more you lose sight of, well, this is why I'm doing this work.

I think it is. And one of the things that I found in some follow-up experiments was it didn't help to bring in nine scholarship students. And pretty soon, they were no longer stories. They were statistics. And I think you're onto something there that the more that we try to quantify... Here are all the metrics we need you to hit. The more you lose sight of, well, this is why I'm doing this work.

I think it is. And one of the things that I found in some follow-up experiments was it didn't help to bring in nine scholarship students. And pretty soon, they were no longer stories. They were statistics. And I think you're onto something there that the more that we try to quantify... Here are all the metrics we need you to hit. The more you lose sight of, well, this is why I'm doing this work.

And here's the way that it might be, if not changing other people's lives, at least affecting their lives.

And here's the way that it might be, if not changing other people's lives, at least affecting their lives.

And here's the way that it might be, if not changing other people's lives, at least affecting their lives.

I think that's a practice that we should all adopt. And one of the questions is, how often should you do it? There's some research on doing random acts of kindness and also gratitude lists, which suggests that daily is less effective than weekly. Wow. Why would that be the case? So I think what's going on is that if you start to do it daily, it becomes a little bit mundane and routine.

I think that's a practice that we should all adopt. And one of the questions is, how often should you do it? There's some research on doing random acts of kindness and also gratitude lists, which suggests that daily is less effective than weekly. Wow. Why would that be the case? So I think what's going on is that if you start to do it daily, it becomes a little bit mundane and routine.

I think that's a practice that we should all adopt. And one of the questions is, how often should you do it? There's some research on doing random acts of kindness and also gratitude lists, which suggests that daily is less effective than weekly. Wow. Why would that be the case? So I think what's going on is that if you start to do it daily, it becomes a little bit mundane and routine.

And also, it's hard to find those examples that stop you in your tracks. So you're doing your gratitude list and you're like, I'm grateful for my microphone.

And also, it's hard to find those examples that stop you in your tracks. So you're doing your gratitude list and you're like, I'm grateful for my microphone.

And also, it's hard to find those examples that stop you in your tracks. So you're doing your gratitude list and you're like, I'm grateful for my microphone.

I'm grateful for my earbuds, right? Whereas you do it weekly and you've accumulated- You've got some shit. Yeah. You've got something worthwhile to really mark the moment. And I think with random acts of kindness, it's similar. You help one person a day and it feels like just a drop in the bucket. You make Thursday your generosity day and you say, I'm going to help five people that day.