Originals by Adam Grant
1There are two routes to achievement:
conformity and originality.
2Originality starts with creativity:
generating a concept that is both novel and useful.
3The hallmark of originality is
rejecting the default and exploring whether a better option exists.
4When we become curious about the dissatisfying defaults in our world, we begin to recognize that most of them have social origins:
Rules and systems were created by people.
5The word entrepreneur,
as it was coined by economist Richard Cantillon,
literally means "bearer of risk."