Rewriting your story with Allison Sweet Grant

Worklife with Adam Grant

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4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Allison Sweet Grant is the author of the debut novel I Am the Cage — and also Adam’s wife. In this special episode, Allison and Adam dive into Allison’s book, inspired by her experience growing up with a congenital limb discrepancy and undergoing a complicated medical procedure at a formative age. They explore the lessons for identity, shame, trust, and agency. They also reflect on what they’ve taught each other about parenting, share practices that have helped them in their marriage, and discuss strategies for managing anxiety and staying grounded.

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0:00.0	Ouch.
0:02.3	Employing staff in-house has never been more expensive.
0:05.3	But what if you could take something out of the mix?
0:07.1	Like your call handling.
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0:16.2	The best bit?
0:17.3	It's all rolled into a single, on-demdemand subscription-based service that works for you and your
0:22.2	business.
0:23.6	Go to moneypenny.com.uk today.
0:31.2	This time last year, Hassan was working in sales and spent his evenings gaming.
0:37.6	Now, he's working as a prison officer.
0:40.2	You know what's going to happen. It's not worth it.
0:42.3	He's just going there. He's tackled sailfires,
0:43.9	got through to some of the most challenging prisoners,
0:46.2	and helped support their rehabilitation.
0:48.9	He's done things he once thought he was never capable of,
0:52.6	but he still loves his gaming.
0:57.3	An extraordinary job done by someone like you. Search prison jobs now. You can't believe you're doing this. Aren't you going to
1:04.8	welcome me to the show? Oh, I don't have to do that. You're my wife. Thank you so much for having me.
1:10.3	Oh, I'm so, I'm so happy you're here. Welcome to Rethinking, Alison Sweet Grant. It's my pleasure. I really traveled 15 feet from my office to yours to get here. It's quite an effort.
1:25.3	Hey, everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes Us Tick with the TED Audio Collective.
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