Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’’t Know

　　「若想要在家、工作場合、學校等各個地方創造樂於不斷學習的文化，本書絕對為必讀之作。……尤其在這個變化劇烈的時代，本書所點出的觀念更是至關重要。」──比爾．蓋茲與梅琳達‧蓋茲

　　談到影響思考和學習的因素，我們第一個想到的是個人聰明才智，然而在如今這個時代，「反思」與「破除成見」的能力可能更為重要。

　　日常生活中，我們大多安於已知的事物──只聽符合自己想法的意見，視逆耳忠言為愚見，而沒看見從中學習的機會；只和順我們意的人打交道，卻忽視反對聲浪的可貴。然而事實上，我們相信的事物根本不是那麼地堅不可摧。大多數人盲目捍衛自以為絕對正確的信念，真正追求事實真相的人寥寥無幾──聰明才智不再是良藥，反而隱含劇毒，讓我們停止反思、畫地自限。

　　亞當．格蘭特指出，要改變這個有害的狀態，我們應該學會打開心胸──練習勇敢闡述自己的想法，同時虛心傾聽他人的批評指教。以大膽的觀點和嚴謹的論證，格蘭特帶我們學會如何坦然擁抱犯錯的快樂、從中學習，以及如何加深談話深度，並為學校、工作場域與生活社群打造出一個樂於不斷學習、自我挑戰的環境。

　　如果說知識就是力量，那「不知為不知」就是一種智慧。我們的所見所想，都未必是真理，擁有反思的能力與開放的心態，才得以掙脫成見的枷鎖，擁有更廣闊的視野，無論是對於職涯發展，或在追求人生其他目標的路上，都能受用無窮。(文/博客來編譯)

#1 New York Times Bestseller

＂THIS. This is the right book for right now. Yes, learning requires focus. But, unlearning and relearning requires much more--it requires choosing courage over comfort. In Think Again, Adam Grant weaves together research and storytelling to help us build the intellectual and emotional muscle we need to stay curious enough about the world to actually change it. I’ve never felt so hopeful about what I don’t know.＂
--Brené Brown, Ph.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential, Originals, and Give and Take examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people’s minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life

Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there’s another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. We think too much like preachers defending our sacred beliefs, prosecutors proving the other side wrong, and politicians campaigning for approval--and too little like scientists searching for truth. Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder to our own limitations we can become.

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people’s minds--and our own. As Wharton’s top-rated professor and the bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, he makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he’s right but listen like he’s wrong. With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, he investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, bring nuance to charged conversations, and build schools, workplaces, and communities of lifelong learners. You’ll learn how an international debate champion wins arguments, a Black musician persuades white supremacists to abandon hate, a vaccine whisperer convinces concerned parents to immunize their children, and Adam has coaxed Yankees fans to root for the Red Sox. Think Again reveals that we don’t have to believe everything we think or internalize everything we feel. It’s an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility over foolish consistency. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don’t know is wisdom.

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years, and the New York Times bestselling author of three books that have sold over a million copies and been translated into thirty-five languages. He hosts the TED original podcast WorkLife, which in the spring of 2018 reached #1 on the Apple charts. He has been recognized as one of the world’s ten most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50, Fortune’s 40 under 40, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and he has more than 2.7 million followers on social media. He also curates the Next Big Idea Club along with Susan Cain, Malcolm Gladwell, and Daniel Pink, handpicking two new books each quarter for subscribers and donating 100 percent of profits to provide books for children in under-resourced communities.