2024-05-13
42 分钟A chance to hear a recent episode of A Slight Change of Plans in which Maya Shankar asks psychologist Adam Grant about his new book "Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things". They talk about how to filter out unhelpful feedback, the benefits of imperfectionism, and why we need to give soft skills more respect. Listen to more episodes of A Slight Change of Plans wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pushkin.
The Happiness Lab is taking a very short break while we put the finishing touches on a new season of shows devoted to topics that are dear to my heart and involve some of the people dear to my heart.
People like my mom.
So this is for a whole podcast.
Season that we're doing on stuff that I'm bad at.
Okay.
This is a whole episode about boredom because I feel like I'm pretty bad at boredom.
You are, but I feel like I'm bad at boredom because you're bad at boredom.
Yeah, no, I didn't do well with doing nothing.
You'll be able to hear the new season in a few weeks, but today I wanted to share an episode of a podcast that I think you'll love.
It's called A Slight Change of Plans, hosted by my friend and former student, Maya Shankar.
In this episode, Maya talks to psychologist Adam Grant about his new book, Hidden the Science of Achieving Greater Things.
Adam discusses a whole bunch of interesting ideas to help you perform better, from filtering out unhelpful feedback to embracing imperfectionism.
I hope you'll enjoy this episode and be sure to check out more editions of A Slight Change of Plans.
So much of learning requires us to put ourselves in uncomfortable situations, because that's where the challenge lies.
But the fear of embarrassment holds us back, and so we end up making these tiny little adjustments instead of big leaps.
Author and podcaster Adam Grant is back on A Slight Change of Plans, and he's got a new book full of ideas for how we can unlock our hidden potential.
One of his tips is to think differently about how we learn from others.
A lot of people think being a sponge is about just absorbing as much information as you can, seek infinite amounts of feedback.
Engage all of your critics.