Think Again : : the Power of Knowing What you Don't Know

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A preacher, a prosecutor, a politician, and a scientist walk into your mind -- The armchair quarterback and the impostor : finding the sweet spot of confidence -- The joy of being wrong : the thrill of not believing everything you think -- The good fight club : the psychology of constructive conflict -- Dances with foes : how to win debates and influence people -- Bad blood on the diamond : diminishing prejudice by destabilizing stereotypes -- Vaccine whisperers and mild-mannered interrogators : how the right kind of listening motivates people to change -- Charged conversations : depolarizing our divided discussions -- Rewriting the textbook : teaching students to question knowledge -- That's not the way we've always done it : building cultures of learning at work -- Escaping tunnel vision : reconsidering our best-laid career and life plans.
"The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don't know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home. The difficulty of rethinking our assumptions is surprisingly common--maybe even fundamentally human. Our ways of thinking become habits that we don't bother to question, and mental laziness leads us to prefer the ease of old routines to the difficulty of new ones. We fail to update the beliefs we formed in the past for the challenges we face in the present. But in a rapidly changing world, we need to spend as much time rethinking as we do thinking. Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong. Evidence has shown that creative geniuses are not attached to one identity but constantly willing to rethink their stances, that leaders who admit they don't know something and seek critical feedback lead more productive and innovative teams, and that our greatest presidents have been open to updating their views. The new science of intellectual humility shows that as a mindset and a skillset, rethinking can be taught, and Grant explains how to develop the necessary qualities. The first section of the book explores why we struggle to think again and how we can improve individually, and argues that such engines of success as "grit" can actually be counterproductive; the second section discusses how we can help others think again through the skill of "argument literacy"; and the third looks at how institutions like schools, business, and governments fall short in building cultures that encourage rethinking. In the end, it's intellectual humility that makes it possible for us to stop denying our weaknesses so that we can start improving ourselves"-- Provided by publisher.

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Absolutely READ submitted by bjkoch on July 15, 2022, 10:33am great book about how to open yourself to other views and ideas

Informative way of thinking differently submitted by brooksza on July 25, 2022, 3:43pm I enjoyed this and I read through it pretty quickly.

Good read submitted by crp on August 4, 2022, 9:14pm A thoroughly enjoyable read that makes you think twice about knowing what you don’t know!