Adam Grant

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That's profound. Like that is modern wisdom personified. I think you've nailed it. And Chris, I think you're right. There was a really limited period of time where optimal information was available. And now that that is clearly behind us, I think our ability to set boundaries on what we consume, right?

That's profound. Like that is modern wisdom personified. I think you've nailed it. And Chris, I think you're right. There was a really limited period of time where optimal information was available. And now that that is clearly behind us, I think our ability to set boundaries on what we consume, right?

That's profound. Like that is modern wisdom personified. I think you've nailed it. And Chris, I think you're right. There was a really limited period of time where optimal information was available. And now that that is clearly behind us, I think our ability to set boundaries on what we consume, right?

I think to raise our attentional filters and block out information that is actually redundant or overwhelming or poor quality, that is a vital skill. I think that filtering out is actually in some ways more important than taking in, right? So my colleague Dan Leventhal writes a lot about absorptive capacity, which is a person or an organization's capability to take in new information.

I think to raise our attentional filters and block out information that is actually redundant or overwhelming or poor quality, that is a vital skill. I think that filtering out is actually in some ways more important than taking in, right? So my colleague Dan Leventhal writes a lot about absorptive capacity, which is a person or an organization's capability to take in new information.

I think to raise our attentional filters and block out information that is actually redundant or overwhelming or poor quality, that is a vital skill. I think that filtering out is actually in some ways more important than taking in, right? So my colleague Dan Leventhal writes a lot about absorptive capacity, which is a person or an organization's capability to take in new information.

And I think we're all now drowning in information. And I want to know how finely tuned is your filter to know what to ignore and what to avoid. There's actually now a body of research on what's called critical ignoring, which is, do you have the discernment like you're talking about to know what to immediately not pay attention to or discount or dismiss?

And I think we're all now drowning in information. And I want to know how finely tuned is your filter to know what to ignore and what to avoid. There's actually now a body of research on what's called critical ignoring, which is, do you have the discernment like you're talking about to know what to immediately not pay attention to or discount or dismiss?

And I think we're all now drowning in information. And I want to know how finely tuned is your filter to know what to ignore and what to avoid. There's actually now a body of research on what's called critical ignoring, which is, do you have the discernment like you're talking about to know what to immediately not pay attention to or discount or dismiss?

And we have to do that faster and faster now as we're bombarded with more information. And then I think the other skill here, just to build on the synthesis point, Dan Pink wrote about this. I think his most prescient book was A Whole New Mind, which is now two decades ago, where he argued that in a left brain world, right brainers were actually going to dominate the future.

And we have to do that faster and faster now as we're bombarded with more information. And then I think the other skill here, just to build on the synthesis point, Dan Pink wrote about this. I think his most prescient book was A Whole New Mind, which is now two decades ago, where he argued that in a left brain world, right brainers were actually going to dominate the future.

And we have to do that faster and faster now as we're bombarded with more information. And then I think the other skill here, just to build on the synthesis point, Dan Pink wrote about this. I think his most prescient book was A Whole New Mind, which is now two decades ago, where he argued that in a left brain world, right brainers were actually going to dominate the future.

And he named a particular right brain skill that I think now there's a premium on, which he called symphony. And it's, you know, it's the ability to take a bunch of different musical notes and arrange them into, you know, a harmony or a melody and a, you know, a pleasing, you know, I shouldn't even do this metaphor because I'm completely clueless about music, but yeah.

And he named a particular right brain skill that I think now there's a premium on, which he called symphony. And it's, you know, it's the ability to take a bunch of different musical notes and arrange them into, you know, a harmony or a melody and a, you know, a pleasing, you know, I shouldn't even do this metaphor because I'm completely clueless about music, but yeah.

And he named a particular right brain skill that I think now there's a premium on, which he called symphony. And it's, you know, it's the ability to take a bunch of different musical notes and arrange them into, you know, a harmony or a melody and a, you know, a pleasing, you know, I shouldn't even do this metaphor because I'm completely clueless about music, but yeah.

That idea of symphony is something now that gets rewarded in a big way, right? Can you not only cut through all the noise, but then zoom in on what's really important and connect those dots in a way that other people can understand? And I think that maybe this is just a variation on your scavenger forager analogy, but I think that it used to be the dot collectors who were rewarded.

That idea of symphony is something now that gets rewarded in a big way, right? Can you not only cut through all the noise, but then zoom in on what's really important and connect those dots in a way that other people can understand? And I think that maybe this is just a variation on your scavenger forager analogy, but I think that it used to be the dot collectors who were rewarded.