Your Favorite Ideas of 2024 - Granted, by Adam Grant

 From Granted, by Adam Grant

Your Favorite Ideas of 2024


Many people get goosebumps when enjoying beautiful music or art—they’re called aesthetic chills. I get them most often when I come across new insights and evidence that can enrich our lives.

It’s clear from your comments that many of you do too. Looking back on 2024, here are the articles that captured your attention and the conversations that stimulated your imagination:

Top articles:

1. No, You Don’t Owe Me a Favor

Generosity is not a loan to repay or a debt to settle. It's a gift to appreciate.

2. There’s a Place for Everyone

Why many people struggle to find their niche—and where yours might be hiding.

3. Writer Math

A short, hilarious take on writer’s block, procrastination, and looming deadlines.

4. Chicken Littles are Ruining America

Spreading doom and gloom is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

5. I Was Wrong About the Olympics

I used to think the ideal state of the world was transcending borders altogether. Going to Paris reminded me that rejecting negative nationalism doesn’t require us to abandon positive patriotism. You can love your people without hating others.

Top conversations:

6. Overcoming toxic positivity with psychologist Susan David: Apple | Spotify | Transcript

7. Should leaders be feared or loved? with historian Niall Ferguson: Apple | Spotify | Transcript

8. A company is not a family with Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: Apple | Spotify | Transcript

9. The secret to success isn’t power—it’s status: Apple | Spotify | Transcript

10. Malcolm Gladwell on the importance of self-correction: Apple | Spotify | Transcript

Whatever 2025 brings, here’s to filling it with growth and generosity.

In solidarity,

Adam

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