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Category: Adam Grant

Originality brings more bumps in the road, yet it leaves us with more happiness and a greater sense of meaning.

creativity, happiness-in-life, meaningful-life

Reasoning does create a paradox: it leads both to more rule following and more rebelliousness. By explaining moral principles, parents encourage their children to comply voluntarily with rules that align with important values and to question rules that don’t. Good explanations enable children to develop a code of ethics that often coincides with societal expectations; when they don’t square up, children rely on the internal compass of values rather than the external compass of rules.

children, morals, reason

Convictions in our ideas is dangerous not only because it leaves us vulnerable to false positives, but also because it stops us from generating the requisite variety to reach our creative potential.

business, conviction, entrepreneurship, ideas, original, potential

Practice makes perfect, but it doesn’t make new. The gifted learn to play magnificent Mozart melodies and beautiful Beethoven symphonies, but never compose their own original scores.

creativity, perfection, practice

Having a sense of security in one realm gives us the freedom to be original in another. By covering our bases financially, we escape the pressure to publish half-baked books, sell shoddy art, or launch untested businesses. When

creativity, financial-freedom, risk

Practice makes perfect, but it doesn’t make new.

creativity, experiences, innovation

Originality brings more bumps in the road, yet it leaves us with more happiness and a greater sense of meaning.

creativity, happiness-in-life, meaningful-life

Reasoning does create a paradox: it leads both to more rule following and more rebelliousness. By explaining moral principles, parents encourage their children to comply voluntarily with rules that align with important values and to question rules that don’t. Good explanations enable children to develop a code of ethics that often coincides with societal expectations; when they don’t square up, children rely on the internal compass of values rather than the external compass of rules.

children, morals, reason