The Second Score: A Strategy for Guaranteed Progress
I'm a sucker for these "pop" psychologists. They take solid psychological research and then package it in an easily digestible message for us dummies. One of the more recent psychology superstars on the scene is Adam Grant. He's only a few years older than I am and has already acclaimed national recognition as a top educator, written three smash-hit books, and has done consultation work for companies like Google and the NBA. To top it off he just recently launched a podcast through TED called Work Life which I'm certain is going to be fantastic. At the time of writing this post there has only been one episode but it's worth checking it out. In this episode, Adam interviews some folks that he wrote about in his best-selling book Originals (or it could have been Give and Take but I'm pretty sure it was Originals ). One person he interviewed in particular was billionaire Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater, the world's largest hedge fund. One of the key...