John’s Reviews > Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things > Status Update

if you're going to write a book, start with your own ideas! The worst kind of success is achieving other people's goals. Don't live someone else's dream

work samples are 1 on 1 at the end of the interview, instead of being judged, you get to be the judge. You're asked to rate your interview experience-how they made you feel & whether you preformed your best
an algorithm is an input to human judgement-not a substitute for it
it's easier to fix a biased algorithm than a biased human
but they rely on data from the past to predict the future potential, they over info

the fear of confirming negative stereotypes has been shown to disrupt focus & drain working memory, obscuring the abilities of women in math test, immigrants on verbal test, older adults on cognitive test & students with physical &learning disabilities
interviewers most likely to pose rain teasers were narcissists & sadists you is a jerk deriving pleasure from others pain

social class achievement gap:1st generation college students tend to under-preform academically due to a series of invisible disadvantages. The expectation to pave their own paths discourages them from seeking help. The pressure to pay their own way, the presence of self-doubt, & the absence of belonging all interfere with their ability to focus

The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another.

climate for voice & psychological safety. There's evidence that just being looked at by the leader is enough to encourage people who lack status to speak up.
most workplaces, opportunity exists on a ladder-it gives 1 individual far too much power to shut creativity down & shut people up. A single no is enough to kill an idea-or even stall a career.
it's easy for managers to find reasons to say no

Not wanting to be unprepared & outdone, men picked up the norm & started doing their homework too

smarter teams have a higher proportion of women the key is on average women outperform men in test of reading other people's thoughts & feelings they tend to instill these skills in their teams. Both economist & psychologist find that good team players motivate the rest of the group to contribute more women more likely to read the material before the meeting.

brainstorming groups fall so far short of their potential that we get more ideas-& better ideas-if we work alone
if you had to identify, in 1 word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, & never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be: meeting.
none of us are as dumb as of us us
participation becomes lopsided in favor of the biggest egos, the loudest voices & most powerful people

highly narcissist people were more likely to rise into leadership roles, but they were less effective in those roles
they made self-serving decisions & instilled a zero-sum view of success, provoking cutthroat behavior & undermining cohesion & collaboration
when they grow up narcissists wreak havoc on their teams