Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Free Audiobook Download by Adam Grant

[Susan Denaker]'s voice on the Audible audiobook is soft-spoken, yet firm but never preachy. Her accent helps convey that she is a Brooklyn native who only recently went to Harvard Business School. Denaker's soothing, calming tone of voice is perfect for this business book as she presents a compelling narrative about her own experience with success and failure in the competitive world of corporate marketing.

If you want to be the person who moves the world, start by moving yourself. In this interview-based book, Adam Grant details the powerful and inspiring stories of pioneers in higher education, journalism, law, and science who carved out different paths to success in life.

Listeners are introduced to the pivotal moments in history in which a person who didn't follow the norm created something groundbreaking. By examining these events, listeners are able to understand the need to step outside their comfort zones and pursue what they believe in.

The book presents a series of research studies by Adam Grant, professor at the Wharton School of Business. The chapters focus on a variety of topics, including innovators and groups such as artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs. These studies explore how non-conformists take risks, confront their critics and change the world

This audiobook tells the history of a 'non-conformist' - someone with a less than conventional motivation for work. The author begins by telling the story of Henry Ford and his obsession with making a car affordable to every American. From there, he explains that what is considered modern day capitalism and original thinking are really at odds with each other. Some people have to be tolerable to get things done but those who have original thoughts in this world have the power to change it.

Adam Grant was working on a project with Google when he realized that the more original ideas, the less likely they were to be accepted. He began studying how non-conformists like Steve Jobs and Oprah Winfrey become successful by being different from other people.