Give and Take: WHY HELPING OTHERS DRIVES OUR SUCCESS

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Recognition for Giveand Take:

 best books of 2013

Financial Times books of the year

Wall Street Journal favorite books of 2013

Oprah's riveting reads

Fortune must-read business books

Washington Post books every leader should read

Apple iTunes best of 2013

Inc.'s best books for entrepreneurs

Amazon customer favorites: one of the top 100 print books of 2013

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"As brilliant as it is wise, this is notjust a book--it's a new and shining worldview. Adam Grant is one of the greatsocial scientists of our time, and Give and Take is brimmingwith life-changing insights."

~Susan Cain, author of Quiet

"A truly exhilarating book--the rare work that will shatter yourassumptions about how the world works and keep your brain firing for weeksafter you've turned the last page."

~Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and To Sell IsHuman

"Perfectly timed and beautifully weighted . . . A refreshing change afteryears of reading angry indictments of fallen corporate idols. . . . [An]excellent book."

~Financial Times

"Now shaking up the business world: science that may change the way theworld does business."

~Willie Geist, The Today Show

"Give and Take... might just be the best business bookof the year."

~Fast Company

"Give andTake is a very interesting book... I can't put it down."

~Ryan Seacrest, hostof American Idol, radio personality, and producer

"In this rivetingand sparkling book, Adam Grant turns the conventional wisdom upside-down aboutwhat it takes to win and get ahead. With page-turning stories and compellingstudies, Give and Take reveals the surprising forces behindsuccess, and the steps we can take to enhance our own."

~Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations, Google

"Give and Take isa pleasure to read, extraordinarily informative, and will likely become one ofthe classic books on workplace leadership and management. It has changed theway I see my personal and professional relationships."

~Jeff Ashby, NASA space shuttle commander

"Packed withcutting-edge research, concrete examples, and deep insight, Give andTake offers extraordinarily thought-provoking--and oftensurprising--conclusions about how our interactions with others drive our successand happiness."

~Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and Happierat Home

"Give and Take is an enlightening read... Grantdemonstrates how a generous orientation toward others can serve as a formulafor producing successful leaders and organizational performance. Hiswriting is as engaging and enjoyable as his style in the classroom."

~Kenneth Frazier, chairman, president, and CEO, Merck & Co.

"With Give and Take, Adam Grant hasmarshaled compelling evidence for a revolutionary way of thinking aboutpersonal success in business and in life. Besides the fundamentallyuplifting character of the case he makes, readers will be delighted by thetruly engaging way he makes it. This is a must read."

~Robert Cialdini, author of Influence

"Give and Take provides a refreshing new perspectiveon the art and science of success. Adam Grant has crafted a unique, 'must have'toolkit for accomplishing goals through collaboration and reciprocity."

~William P. Lauder, executive chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

"Good guys finishfirst--and Adam Grant knows why. Giveand Take is the smartsurprise you can't afford to miss."

~Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumblingon Happiness

"Oneof my favorite new business discoveries of 2013."

~ClaireDiaz-Ortiz, manager of socialinnovation, Twitter, and author of Twitterfor Good

"Give and Take is a brilliant,well-documented, and motivating debunking of 'good guys finish last'! Withfascinating research, engaging style, and practical wisdom, this is a supermanifesto for getting meaningful things done, sustainably."

~David Allen, author of GettingThings Done

"An important book,destined to be a classic."

~Stephen Roulac, New York Journal ofBooks