HIDDEN POTENTIAL: Adam Grant on the Science of Achieving Greater Things

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

Education, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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We live in a world that worships talent, a world that cheers natural athletes, exalts child prodigies, and venerates virtuosos. But admiring people who are blessed with innate abilities can lead us to underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. As Adam Grant explains in his new book, “Hidden Potential,” growth is not about the genius you possess — it’s about the character you develop. Adam joins us today to talk about developing the character skills, motivational tools, and learning systems that can help ordinary people achieve extraordinary things. • Want 20% off a Next Big Idea Club membership? Sign up today at nextbigideaclub.com and use the code PODCAST

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0:00.0	LinkedIn presents.
0:05.6	I'm Rufus Griskym, and this is the next big idea.
0:09.3	Today, Adam Grant on how to unlock your hidden potential.
0:30.9	We all remember the story of the Chilean mine rescue.
0:35.3	On our broadcast tonight, one by one, the miners trapped for two months are brought to freedom
0:41.2	and a rescue mission the whole world is watching.
0:44.7	News coverage at the time focused on the heroism of the miners.
0:49.3	How they survived for 69 consecutive days in claustrophobic darkness.
0:55.4	What received less attention was how an unusual team saved 33 lives.
1:01.7	The rescue mission in its early days was haphazard.
1:05.3	Geologists and engineers were drawing up detailed technical plans while mining professionals
1:10.2	were racing ahead trying to deploy six different types of drills at once.
1:15.1	There were rock climbers and police officers and firefighters on hand,
1:19.3	all eager to help, but without a clearly defined mission.
1:23.6	What they needed was a leader, so Chile's president found them one, a man named
1:29.4	Andre Sugaret. He was an unusual pick. He didn't have the most experience or know how.
1:35.6	What he had was something rarer, the uncanny ability to bring out the best in teams.
1:42.3	Andre led by listening. When he arrived at the disaster site, he conducted interviews with
1:48.1	every expert he could find. And those interviews helped him hatch a plan.
1:53.6	Rather than rely on existing tunnels, they would drill a new hole 2,300 feet in the ground
2:00.0	to free the trapped miners. One day, a 24-year-old engineer named Igor
2:07.6	arrived at the mine to deliver drilling equipment. Offhandedly,
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