ORIGINALS60-SECOND BOOK BRIEFS

BY ADAM GRANT

Adam Grant has written the book Originals to show us how to follow in the footsteps of true pioneers - like Martin Luther King, Jackie Robinson, Ray Dalio and Neil Blumenthal (to name just a few).

Here are 6 ways Originals are than the rest of us.

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Originals question the default settings of the world we live in, and then find ways to change them.

Like the creators of Warby Parker, who wondered why it was so expensive to get a decent pair of prescription eye glasses. Mr.Warby Ms.Parker

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Originals are risk averse, which comes as a surprise to most people.

Originals produce a much larger amount of work than their non-original peers. They simply increase their odds of success by taking more at-bats.

Originals know that turning to their colleagues

or peers for feedback is the

best way to get an honest appraisal of their ideas.

Originals are often not the first to launch an idea, but greatly improve on an existing idea.

BETTER

GOODBEST

Finally, Originals are masters at regulating their emotions, knowing how to motivate themselves to produce an amount of effort that most normal people can’t sustain over long periods of time.

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