Adam Grant

I think it's a must read. Secondly, when have I done it enough? Like, how do I know I've made it? I think there is... There's sort of an endless... Well, let me try to characterize this with a little bit of an analogy, which is... I think... I don't know if this is going to land or not, but you can be the judge. I think that... I see this a ton with my students.

I think it's a must read. Secondly, when have I done it enough? Like, how do I know I've made it? I think there is... There's sort of an endless... Well, let me try to characterize this with a little bit of an analogy, which is... I think... I don't know if this is going to land or not, but you can be the judge. I think that... I see this a ton with my students.

I see them, they get into Wharton and they now are going to have an Ivy League degree to carry with them their whole lives. And what that means is every time they meet somebody who finds out where they went to college, that person is going to assume they're smart or they're motivated or both. And that could be enough. But pretty soon, they start to worry about having the most prestigious job.

I see them, they get into Wharton and they now are going to have an Ivy League degree to carry with them their whole lives. And what that means is every time they meet somebody who finds out where they went to college, that person is going to assume they're smart or they're motivated or both. And that could be enough. But pretty soon, they start to worry about having the most prestigious job.

I see them, they get into Wharton and they now are going to have an Ivy League degree to carry with them their whole lives. And what that means is every time they meet somebody who finds out where they went to college, that person is going to assume they're smart or they're motivated or both. And that could be enough. But pretty soon, they start to worry about having the most prestigious job.

And they think they have to work for McKinsey or Goldman Sachs. And if they don't get one of those jobs, they have failed. And so then they take one of those jobs. And then the question is, but did I make partner? Have I been promoted to managing director? And the question that I ask them is, how many of those will you have to achieve?

And they think they have to work for McKinsey or Goldman Sachs. And if they don't get one of those jobs, they have failed. And so then they take one of those jobs. And then the question is, but did I make partner? Have I been promoted to managing director? And the question that I ask them is, how many of those will you have to achieve?

And they think they have to work for McKinsey or Goldman Sachs. And if they don't get one of those jobs, they have failed. And so then they take one of those jobs. And then the question is, but did I make partner? Have I been promoted to managing director? And the question that I ask them is, how many of those will you have to achieve?

How many of those badges of honor, those merit badges, will you need on your resume before you conclude that other people are going to be impressed by you? How many times are you going to be seduced by the status of the next opportunity to say, well, I've got to suffer in order to reach that next peak? And at some point, you're going to decide either I've done enough or it's no longer worth it.

How many of those badges of honor, those merit badges, will you need on your resume before you conclude that other people are going to be impressed by you? How many times are you going to be seduced by the status of the next opportunity to say, well, I've got to suffer in order to reach that next peak? And at some point, you're going to decide either I've done enough or it's no longer worth it.

How many of those badges of honor, those merit badges, will you need on your resume before you conclude that other people are going to be impressed by you? How many times are you going to be seduced by the status of the next opportunity to say, well, I've got to suffer in order to reach that next peak? And at some point, you're going to decide either I've done enough or it's no longer worth it.

And what I want to know is how do you get to that point sooner? So I had a really interesting conversation once with the author Michael Lewis of Moneyball and The Blind Side and The Big Short. And I asked him, I said, Michael, you've spent your whole career studying people who achieve extraordinary success. Which ones are grounded? Which ones know how to appreciate the distance they've traveled?

And what I want to know is how do you get to that point sooner? So I had a really interesting conversation once with the author Michael Lewis of Moneyball and The Blind Side and The Big Short. And I asked him, I said, Michael, you've spent your whole career studying people who achieve extraordinary success. Which ones are grounded? Which ones know how to appreciate the distance they've traveled?

And what I want to know is how do you get to that point sooner? So I had a really interesting conversation once with the author Michael Lewis of Moneyball and The Blind Side and The Big Short. And I asked him, I said, Michael, you've spent your whole career studying people who achieve extraordinary success. Which ones are grounded? Which ones know how to appreciate the distance they've traveled?

And he said, I don't see a lot of humility in the world that I occupy. He said, but the people who stay grounded, they have one thing in common. They all have friends from when they're 10 years old. And I don't know whether that's causal, right? Maybe just the kinds of people who are inclined to be grounded are the ones who keep their friends.

And he said, I don't see a lot of humility in the world that I occupy. He said, but the people who stay grounded, they have one thing in common. They all have friends from when they're 10 years old. And I don't know whether that's causal, right? Maybe just the kinds of people who are inclined to be grounded are the ones who keep their friends.

And he said, I don't see a lot of humility in the world that I occupy. He said, but the people who stay grounded, they have one thing in common. They all have friends from when they're 10 years old. And I don't know whether that's causal, right? Maybe just the kinds of people who are inclined to be grounded are the ones who keep their friends.

But I've got to believe, Chris, that there is a component of this that sort of keeps you human and also makes you realize you are pushing yourself too hard and you don't need to suffer in these ways, which is your friends from 10 years old, they don't value you by your achievements. They don't define your worth by your success. Like your relationship predates all of that nonsense.

But I've got to believe, Chris, that there is a component of this that sort of keeps you human and also makes you realize you are pushing yourself too hard and you don't need to suffer in these ways, which is your friends from 10 years old, they don't value you by your achievements. They don't define your worth by your success. Like your relationship predates all of that nonsense.

But I've got to believe, Chris, that there is a component of this that sort of keeps you human and also makes you realize you are pushing yourself too hard and you don't need to suffer in these ways, which is your friends from 10 years old, they don't value you by your achievements. They don't define your worth by your success. Like your relationship predates all of that nonsense.