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OriginalsBook

by Adam M. Grant, 2016

Who uses, recommends or left Originals, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Robert Cialdini
Social psychologist who studies persuasion; author of Influence and Pre-Suasion.
loved

You've done that with a pair of terrific books, Give and Take, first, and then more recently, Originals, both of which I read cover to cover at one sitting.

Transcript of his "Cialdini Asks" interview with Adam Grant, published on his company Influence at Work's site

2017-06-19·influenceatwork.com ↗

Radek Pietruszewski
Programmer and writer. Keeps a running list of the non-fiction he reads, starring the ones he recommends.
loved

Podcast. Good advice for generating, recognizing, and championing original ideas, as well as for creating resilient cultures that promote creative thinking, and resist groupthink. A lot of stuff to unpack, a good read.

Starred on his book list as one he particularly enjoyed or recommends.

2016-01-01·radex.io ↗

Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Founder of Ness Labs; author of Tiny Experiments.
likedaffiliate link

Originals by Adam Grant – I read this book when I had just left Google, while climbing Kilimanjaro. Sitting inside my tent, I could not stop taking notes.

Her list of seven books she personally recommends for creativity (the page says links earn her a commission).

2019-07-10·nesslabs.com ↗

Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.

The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.

What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:

Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.