#471: Adam Grant How to Remember Anything

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 6:16 p.m.

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Please enjoy this special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, featuring the superhuman Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) and his podcast with TED, WorkLife.

Many of you have heard my interview with Adam, which was one of the most popular interviews of 2019. I titled that podcast \\u201cThe Man Who Does Everything\\u201d because Adam seems to accomplish more than the next 10 people combined, and he has built systems and habits that allow him to do this. 

Adam is an expert in how we can find motivation and meaning, and lead more generous and creative lives. He is an organizational psychologist at Wharton, where he has been the top-rated professor for seven straight years. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of four books that have been translated into 35 languages: Give and Take, Originals, Option B, and Power Moves. His TED talks have been viewed more than 20 million times. His speaking and consulting clients include Google, the NBA, and the Gates Foundation. He has been recognized as one of the world\\u2019s 10 most influential management thinkers, is one of Fortune\\u2019s 40 under 40, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. He\\u2019s received distinguished scientific achievement awards from the American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation. It goes on and on. The good news is that this isn\\u2019t all freakish genes and good luck; Adam uses uncommon tools and strategies for getting all of this done. You can find our previous episode about this at tim.blog/adamgrant

In Adam\\u2019s WorkLife podcast, he takes you inside the minds of some of the world\\u2019s most unusual professionals to explore the science of making work not suck; put another way, how do you make work actually work for you? 

Adam and I share an intense interest in just how far\\u2014and easily\\u2014you can train your memory to do things that seem impossible, and I wanted to share with you an episode from Adam\\u2019s podcast titled \\u201cHow to remember anything.\\u201d It is highly tactical.

One last thing\\u2014for legal reasons, we didn\\u2019t have the flexibility to remove any mid-roll ads, so... Accenture, this one\\u2019s on me.

Please enjoy the episode! You can subscribe to WorkLife with Adam Grant wherever you get your podcasts.

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