Adam Grant - Speak Quotes

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They learn to read at age 2, play Bach at 4, breeze through calculus at 6, and speak foreign languages fluently by 8. Their classmates shudder with envy; their parents rejoice at winning the lottery. But to paraphrase T. S. Eliot, their careers tend to end not with a bang, but with a whimper.

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If we leave all the idea championing to men, then we're going to lose out on a lot of ideas that need perseverance to see the light of day. If women don't speak up, this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Adam Grant

The evidence says that although women tend to be more hesitant to speak up and challenge the status quo because of the risks of being seen as too assertive, they are actually more likely to persist. Once they commit to something, they will follow through to see that it succeeds, whereas men are much more likely to float an idea and be like, "No, just kidding."

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