Adam Grant

Bang it. And I guess it's an extension of the cynical genius illusion. If you're cynical about other people's motives all the time, you distrust them and you bring out a version of them that has their guard up and that is not willing to share their knowledge freely with you, that's not willing to open up their network to you. You start from the assumption that most people do not want to screw you.

Bang it. And I guess it's an extension of the cynical genius illusion. If you're cynical about other people's motives all the time, you distrust them and you bring out a version of them that has their guard up and that is not willing to share their knowledge freely with you, that's not willing to open up their network to you. You start from the assumption that most people do not want to screw you.

And suddenly, like you see a kinder, more helpful, more collaborative version of other people.

And suddenly, like you see a kinder, more helpful, more collaborative version of other people.

And suddenly, like you see a kinder, more helpful, more collaborative version of other people.

I think that's accurate. And I think probably what gets in the way more than anything else is what Emily Cronin has called the bias blind spot, which I like to think of as the, I'm not biased bias where you walk around thinking other people have flaws in their reasoning. Other people have holes in their judgment, but me, I'm neutral. I'm objective. I see things accurately. I'm rational. And,

I think that's accurate. And I think probably what gets in the way more than anything else is what Emily Cronin has called the bias blind spot, which I like to think of as the, I'm not biased bias where you walk around thinking other people have flaws in their reasoning. Other people have holes in their judgment, but me, I'm neutral. I'm objective. I see things accurately. I'm rational. And,

I think that's accurate. And I think probably what gets in the way more than anything else is what Emily Cronin has called the bias blind spot, which I like to think of as the, I'm not biased bias where you walk around thinking other people have flaws in their reasoning. Other people have holes in their judgment, but me, I'm neutral. I'm objective. I see things accurately. I'm rational. And,

If you walk around believing that, then that blinds you to seeing all the limitations in your own cognitive processing.

If you walk around believing that, then that blinds you to seeing all the limitations in your own cognitive processing.

If you walk around believing that, then that blinds you to seeing all the limitations in your own cognitive processing.

And the scariest thing is, if you read the research on this, turns out that the higher you score in intelligence, the smarter you are, the more likely you are to fall victim to the I'm not bias bias, because you have a lifetime of positive reinforcement of people rewarding you for being a genius and for being fast at processing information and for always knowing the answer.

And the scariest thing is, if you read the research on this, turns out that the higher you score in intelligence, the smarter you are, the more likely you are to fall victim to the I'm not bias bias, because you have a lifetime of positive reinforcement of people rewarding you for being a genius and for being fast at processing information and for always knowing the answer.

And the scariest thing is, if you read the research on this, turns out that the higher you score in intelligence, the smarter you are, the more likely you are to fall victim to the I'm not bias bias, because you have a lifetime of positive reinforcement of people rewarding you for being a genius and for being fast at processing information and for always knowing the answer.

And that can make you overconfident to the point of arrogant that you are now ignorant of your own ignorance. And I think it's one of the reasons why so many intelligent people fall victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect. You should know better. You should know that when you're not an expert at something, you're going to overestimate, on average, your knowledge and skill in that area. But...

And that can make you overconfident to the point of arrogant that you are now ignorant of your own ignorance. And I think it's one of the reasons why so many intelligent people fall victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect. You should know better. You should know that when you're not an expert at something, you're going to overestimate, on average, your knowledge and skill in that area. But...

And that can make you overconfident to the point of arrogant that you are now ignorant of your own ignorance. And I think it's one of the reasons why so many intelligent people fall victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect. You should know better. You should know that when you're not an expert at something, you're going to overestimate, on average, your knowledge and skill in that area. But...

If you've been told for years or decades that you are better than other people, it is hard to recognize when you're actually worse.

If you've been told for years or decades that you are better than other people, it is hard to recognize when you're actually worse.

If you've been told for years or decades that you are better than other people, it is hard to recognize when you're actually worse.