Adam Grant - Being a magician taught me how powerful the element of surprise can be. In each book, I...

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Being a magician taught me how powerful the element of surprise can be. In each book, I've tried to work that in - an unexpected twist in a story that reveals an insight, a counter intuitive study that turns your beliefs upside-down.

Adam Grant

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Als Magier lehrte mich, wie mächtig das Element der Überraschung sein kann. In jedem Buch habe ich versucht, das zu verarbeiten - eine unerwartete Wendung in einer Geschichte, die Einblicke bietet, eine kontrapunktische Studie, die Ihre Überzeugungen auf den Kopf stellt.

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