Bold and Persistent Experimentation: A Key Tool for Progress

I just finished reading Think Again by Adam Grant. It’s a book about rethinking, both at individual and group levels. Here I’d like to discuss one part of the book. It’s about the importance of experimentation. Here is an excerpt: It was 1932, and the governor of New York was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He delivered his “try something” message as the country was reeling from the Great Depression… In the most memorable line from the speech, FDR argued that “the country demands bold, persistent experimentation.” That principle became a touchstone of his leadership… Bold, persistent experimentation might be our best tool for rethinking. I completely agree. If you want to reach your full potential, you should incorporate bold, persistent experimentation into your life.  There are three words there: bold, persistent, and experimentation. I believe we can learn something just from these three words. Let’s dig into them, starting with the last word. 1. Experimentation Do you want to move to the next level in your life? If you do, then you need to try new things. Why? Because doing the same things will by definition give you the same results. With an experiment mindset, you should do your homework, make a hypothesis about what might work, and test it in the real world. Put another way, you need to make bets. This is something that great people do. 2. Bold Your experiment shouldn’t just be any experiment; it should be bold. That means leaving your comfort zo...
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