具體描述
"Think Again is a must-read for anyone who wants to create a culture of learning and exploration, whether at home, at work, or at school... In an increasingly divided world, the lessons in this book are more important than ever."
--Bill and Melinda Gates
The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals 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.
用戶評價
##No 12 of 2021 . 必須寫篇讀後感那種
##比上一本有所提升。可以讀。
##好讀，有實用價值，但整體信息量並不大。有些實例比較牽強，不喜歡作者故作幽默。
##我個人覺得乾貨一般 但是男票很喜歡
也許對心理學專業來說，本書的觀點並不新穎，但對於非專業來說，每個觀點引齣的建議都非常實用！作者實踐自己的理論，通過實例以輕鬆幽默的語言娓娓道來，讓人很容易接受。好書！
##reminds me of those compulsory rhetoric and argumentation lessons I once attended and somewhat enjoyed
##這個就很有意思瞭，這是今年看過的第二本叫Think Again的書，第一本講的是how to argue，這本講的是如何確保自己所持有的觀點沒有問題。幾十年前有個哲學傢說過我們社會一個很大的問題就是傻逼們堅信自己但知識分子滿腹疑慮，挪到現在依然適用。當你忽略客觀事實來通過各種手段維護自己的觀點的時候，就把自己從科學傢的角度變成瞭傳教者和政治人物的角色。無獨有偶之前那本講argue的書也有一個觀點，辯論的時候如果你的觀點被改變其實是一種收獲，因為在這場交涉中你學習到瞭新的東西，而對方可能沒有。
##其實為何要重新思考，對應的其實是戰勝這個世界的本質-如何抵抗熵增。人的思維成長成型的過程也是固化的過程，重新思考就是開放大腦，在艱難中選擇自信又謙虛，避免僵化。相信自己有能力去成長理解，但同時又知道自己資源和知識的欠缺。自信缺不完美。但不被自己的觀點、身份、以前的自己所綁架，這在我看來是不可能的，屁股決定腦袋，知道自己是被影響就夠瞭，自我至少是清醒的。
##第一部分講rethinking的好處，對我來說更多是增加瞭確信，發現自己不知不覺被培養齣瞭還不錯的思維習慣，以後要更敢於相信自己的懷疑和新的判斷；第二部分講如何與人溝通、說服彆人、啓發對方rethink，收獲最大，反省自己在溝通時常常自說自話，humility和curiosity還是不夠，聆聽和提問的習慣有待有意識地加強；第三部分，如何在組織中創造rethink的環境，有一些啓發，但可能是律所的不是一個很需要創造力的、績效導嚮的環境，所以感觸不深，藉鑒意義不強，也許對以後會有幫助。總體3.5吧，有些囉嗦。