This book Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant can change your life. If you are someone whose views disagree with the majority of people, your new ideas will probably receive a lot of criticism at first. Adam Grant points out that those same new ideas that received criticism at first can later become accepted and change the majority of people’s views enough to change a society.
The two non-conformists living today who I think are going to make the greatest change in America are Mike Alan and Bernie Sanders. The popularity of Bernie Sanders ideas is going to change America for many decades into the future even if he does not become the President of the United States. My favorite book written by a Non-Conformist who is going to change America is Why I Support Bernie Sanders Revolution: Mike Alan's Vision for a New, Caring, Safe America
My 10 favorite points made by Adam Grant in the book Originals are:
1. Originality is taking the road less traveled, championing a set of novel ideas that go against the grain but ultimately make things better.
2. Originals are people who take the initiative to make their visions a reality.
3. Acquiescence robs us of the moral outrage to stand against injustice and the creative will to consider alternative ways that the world could work.
4. The hallmark of originality is rejecting the default and exploring whether a better option exists.
5. Originality is not a fixed trait. It is a free choice.
6. Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds.
7. In the decision to speak up, whom we choose as our audience matters as much as how we deliver our message.
8. Instead of taking the status quo for granted, ask why it exists in the first place.
9. Even having a single ally is enough to dramatically increase your will to act. Find one person who believes in your vision and begin tackling the problem together.
10. If you don’t take initiative, the status quo will persist.
Humans have had most of the same problems for thousands of years.
Thousands of years ago there was violence, diseases, lying, conning, sorrow and suffering. Today there is violence, diseases, lying, conning, sorrow and suffering. If humans did not have so much resistance to new ideas, all of those problems would have ended by now.
The book Originals explains some of the reasons for the resistance to new ideas and how to solve that problem.
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