by Adam Grant
First published 2025
Our culture worships natural talent. We praise gifted students, born athletes, and musical prodigies. This focus on innate ability blinds us to how much we can actually grow. Adam Grant argues that we can all get better at getting better. When opportunities don't appear, we can create our own doors. Grant presents a fresh framework for raising expectations and surpassing them. He combines research, insights, and stories from classrooms, boardrooms, playgrounds, and space missions. Progress depends more on learning well than working hard. Growth stems from character development, not inherited genius. Grant shows how to build character skills and motivation systems to unlock potential. He explains how to create systems that lift up underestimated people. The book demonstrates that anyone can climb higher. Your true potential isn't measured by where you end up, but by the distance you travel to reach that point.
Genres: psychology, business, education, non-fiction, personal-development, academic
Vibes: informative, inspirational, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-growth, self-improvement
304 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books