Been a while since I finished a book in one sitting but #ThinkAgain by @AdamMGrant was that good. A thread with some of my key takeaways: 
#Confidence is a measure of how much you believe in yourself versus your methods. You can be confident in your ability to achieve a goal in the future while maintaining the humility to question whether you have the right tools in the present. That's the sweet spot of confidence.
We should strive to attain confident humility: having faith in our capability while appreciating that we may not have the right solution or even be addressing the right problem - giving us enough doubt to re-examine our old knowledge and enough confidence to pursue new insights.
Great thinkers don't boast about how much they know but marvel about how little they understand - aware that each answer raises new questions and that the quest for knowledge is never over.
Lifelong learners recognize that they can learn something from everyone they meet.
Lifelong learners recognize that they can learn something from everyone they meet.
On separating your opinions from your identity: Who you are should be a question of what you value, not what you believe.
When you define yourself by values, you buy yourself the flexibility to update your practices based on new evidence.
When you define yourself by values, you buy yourself the flexibility to update your practices based on new evidence.
On #conflict: A good debate is not a war, it is a dance that hasn't been choreographed, negotiated with a partner who has a different set of steps in mind. If you can adapt your moves to theirs, and get them to do the same, you're more likely to end up in rhythm.
As consumers of information, we have a role to play in embracing a more nuanced POV - learn to recognize complexity as a signal of credibility, fight out tendencies to accept binaries by asking what additional perspectives are missing between the extremes.
Treat your #emotions as a rough draft. Like art, emotions are works in progress. It really serves us well to frame our first sketch. As we gain perspective, we revise what we feel. Sometimes we even start over from scratch.
On #Happiness: We spend too much time striving for peak happiness overlooking the fact that happiness depends more on frequency of positive emotions than the intensity of it.
When we hunt for happiness, we overemphasize pleasure at the expense of purpose.
When we hunt for happiness, we overemphasize pleasure at the expense of purpose.
Instead of happiness, strive for purpose and meaning. The evolution of self-esteem in our careers consists of 3 phases:
Phase 1: I'm not important
Phase 2: I'm important
Phase 3: I want to contribute to something important
Phase 1: I'm not important
Phase 2: I'm important
Phase 3: I want to contribute to something important
It takes humility to reconsider our past achievements, doubt to question our present decisions, and curiosity to reimagine our future plans. #Rethinking liberates us to do more than update our knowledge & opinions - it helps us lead a more fulfilling life.
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