Newmag Presents “Hidden Potential” by American Scientist, Psychologist, and Bestselling Author Adam Grant (Trailer)
01/19/2026
Newmag has published one of Adam Grant’s most influential works - a book that will transform the way you think about success, growth, and personal development, inspiring you to dream bigger and aim higher.
In today’s world, we often admire the exceptional, glorify prodigies, and celebrate those naturally gifted, forgetting an important truth: success doesn’t start with talent - it starts with the path we take to achieve results. We usually see only the final victory, rarely the long, challenging journey behind it.
This blind admiration for innate talent can make us underestimate the skills available to everyone - the very skills that can help anyone grow, persist, and succeed. But what if you have neither talent nor obvious opportunity? Adam Grant’s answer is simple: you can always open the door to opportunity.
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things blends scientific research, compelling evidence, and inspiring real-life stories, showing that potential is never limited by where you start. Grant shares his own journey of trying to become a diver as a child - without talent, facing ridicule and disappointment.
If he had judged his abilities by his first attempts, he would never have achieved his victories. But with the guidance of the right coach, persistent effort, and skills developed day by day, he won the Olympic qualifying competition and national championships. This story became the foundation of his research. The book explores the character traits that truly drive growth: hard work, resilience, motivation, and long-term thinking.
Grant demonstrates how anyone can cultivate these qualities and achieve results that once seemed impossible. His stories take readers from classrooms to business offices, playgrounds to Olympic stadiums, and subways to space, proving that potential often lies not in our genes but in our effort.
Having earned an associate professorship at 28 - becoming one of the youngest professors in U.S. history - Adam Grant is now one of the world’s most influential thinkers in management, a member of Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list, and the host of the Re:Thinking podcast. Hidden Potential reminds us of a simple yet powerful truth: we can all become better if we dare to open the door to that “better.”
Translation from English: Liana Zakaryan
General Partner of the Book: FAST BANK
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We live in a world obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students, natural athletes, and musical prodigies. But in admiring those born with an advantage, we overlook a truth that matters more: the path available to the rest of us. We underestimate what can be learned—and how far deliberate growth can take us. We can all get better. And when opportunity doesn’t appear, we can create a way to it. In this book, Adam Grant offers a fresh framework for raising aspirations and surpassing expectations. Drawing on rigorous research, surprising findings, and compelling real-world stories—from classrooms to boardrooms, from playgrounds to Olympic arenas, from subways to space—Grant shows how to build the character skills and motivational systems that turn potential into performance.
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