![]() ![]() And why, in some areas of our lives, we seem to be very successful. I think for many of us, we just don’t understand where we’re going wrong. And the other thing I liked about these particular strategies that I talk about is that they’re pretty straightforward in terms of once you understand what it is you’re not doing, and what you need to do differently, it’s fairly easy to implement these changes in your life. Nine things that we know from really many, many studies really make a difference. But I thought it’d be great to make this knowledge explicit for people and say, look, here are the nine things– and really that number, nine, just came from me taking a look at several decades worth of research on motivation– and saying, what are the strategies that really stand out, that we’ve tested again and again and found them to be the most effective, to have the biggest impact on whether or not people actually reach their goals? So it was sort of saying, what would give you the most bang for your buck?Īnd it just turned out to be nine. And for, I think, a lot of very successful people, they kind of figure that out as they go along almost intuitively, that some kinds of strategies work for them and others don’t. Really, success, more than anything else, turns out to be about being able to set goals and reach them because you use the right strategies. ![]() And that turns out to be surprisingly wrong. I think, particularly in the United States and in Western countries in general, we talk a lot about, we think a lot about, ability as the main explainer of success– that if someone is very successful, they’re at the top of their game, it’s because they have some talent, some genius that we think of as innate, something they were born with. And the answers to me were very interesting, because they’re counter-intuitive. I come from sort of an academic background doing research on– and the questions I was always interested in had to do with– why some people handle difficulty better than other people do, why some people seem to be able to set goals and reach them, and other people set goals for themselves and end up not quite making it. HEIDI GRANT: Basically, the idea, for me, came from my background as a research psychologist. ![]() So how did you settle on these nine things, and what are they based on? SARAH GREEN CARMICHAEL: So first I wanted to ask you just about the genesis of this list of the nine habits of successful people, because some people have seven habits, other people have six keys, maybe someone else has five principles. I hope you enjoy it – and that it does you some good in 2022. She wrote the HBR article “Nine Things Successful People Do Differently.” And spoke to former HBR IdeaCast host Sarah Green Carmichael about it. Studying the successes of others’ can provide a good deal of insight in how to change your own practices for the better.įor this episode, we’re bringing back a conversation with motivational psychologist Heidi Grant. For example, organizations that don’t just celebrate but study their successes are more likely repeat them. There’s quite a bit of research that shows just how important successes are to learning. Those are critical skills that help people continue to learn and grow in their careers.īut we don’t just learn from mistakes. We’ve interviewed a number of people on this show about problem solving and learning from mistakes. Grant is the author of the HBR article and e-book “ Nine Things Successful People Do Differently.”ĬURT NICKISCH: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. ![]() In this classic episode, she and former host Sarah Green Carmichael discuss the behaviors of high achievers and how to incorporate them into your own life and work. Heidi Grant, a motivational psychologist, has studied successful people and what makes them tick. ![]()
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