By Adam Grant

I first came across this book while going through the reviews of the book “The Leader Who Had No Title” (By Robin Sharma).  And few days later when I was browsing books in Popular, without a second thought I bought it with RM 79.95 (before 10% off with membership). The foreword was written by Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook.

In fact I don’t quite sure why people are comparing such distinct books. But the problems might be that I have not read any other of Robin’s and Adam’s books. When I was reading Originals, I was quite often astounded by how much Adam knows in different areas, though more focus-on setting up and running business (which is not primarily what I know much about).

Since reading it, I’ve started to pay more attention and question the “defaults”. Another point that makes more particular sense to me, is the “procrastinate deliberately”. I’ve been doing it myself without realizing its benefits for a long time, and you might think that everyone is doing it because they are lazy and unmotivated. But no, as an example, I sometimes draft an important email, and didn’t send it till the next morning, where I’d usually refine a few things before hitting “send”. Doing it straight and immediately may not create such satisfying writing (or “feeling”!). That’s what I often think, and it’s the same in many things that I do – by not doing it or solving the problem immediately, but perhaps taking a shower first (and think about it a little bit during the shower, or not), sometimes a fresh idea pops up (or not)… …

It’s more of a book for the general public, instead of people with psychological suffering or psychiatric problems, it is also not so much about personal development as a whole, and more particularly I’d recommend it to leaders, management and entrepreneurs, and anyone with the hope to become a non-conformist, to be a original instead of an ordinary (especially if you already have a clear direction).