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Many first-time entrepreneurs share a similar narrative: You stumble upon a problem in need of solving and, against all kinds of odds, work like crazy to come up with the best solution.
That early period can be one of the most fruitful and special times in the life of an entrepreneur: You're eager to learn and act on that new knowledge. You have confidence in your ability to achieve a future goal and the humility to question whether you have the right tools, says Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of the new book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (Viking, 2021).
It's when you move from complete novice to somewhat successful amateur that you’re likely to run into trouble: Fast growth can promote a false sense of mastery. In Think Again, Grant explores why entrepreneurs and executives--and really everybody--get caught in the trap of closed-mindedness, unwilling to change their assumptions and beliefs even when the evidence is right in front of them. In a turbulent world, he argues, your ability to rethink and unlearn matters far more than raw intelligence.
So how do you second-guess yourself in the smartest way possible? Grant recently sat down with Inc. to explore that very question. Read our story to learn Grant’s four most important strategies that great leaders use to rethink and unlearn what they know. |
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