Adam Grant Quotes

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.

Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.

People should give up the old concepts of 'you lose. I win', or zero-sum game, and establish a new concept of peaceful development and win-win cooperation. If China develops well, it will benefit the whole world and benefit the United States. If the United States develops well, it will also benefit the world and China.

We act like a zero-sum society, when in reality there is a lot of non zero-sum fat to be skimmed off to everyone's mutual advantage.

I learned early on that success is best if it is shared.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

If you've got 15 actors on stage who are all trying to shine a light on themselves, they are all trying to outshine each other. Whereas if you have 14 of those actors trying to shine a light on one person, and each of them is trying to make the other look good, you have a much more interesting process.

I think if I have that team mentality, then my individual growth will shine as it did in college.

What's funny is that all the artists I've collaborated with, I get this feeling that they want me to win. They're always asking my opinion, always giving me advice.

'Rather than fighting over a piece of the pie, can we grow the pie?' is really our model.

By collaborating, you can do very interesting things.

For those of us who make music together, I think it's important to realize that generosity on both sides is actually going to produce the biggest possibility.

No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others.

It takes a lot of people to create a success. That's why I say that few leaders are successful unless a lot of people want them to be.

You have to know that success is greater when it's shared.

A lot of times you'll hear horror stories about actors being incredibly selfish and only wanting themselves to shine, but for me, it's not about just one person. It's about the whole team. That's the way I look at acting. That's the way I look at everything I do.

For you to win, no one needs to lose.

I have more fun, and enjoy more finan­cial suc­cess, when I stop try­ing to get what I want and start help­ing other peo­ple get what they want.

The best relationships are win-win. Why don't more people go into relationships with that attitude?

Being negative is not how we make progress, and the most important things are not zero sum.

I rejoice in the success of others, knowing that there is plenty for us all.

Adopt a new philosophy of cooperation (win-win) in which everybody wins.

The easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.

Our premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have to lose for us to win.