He argued the new drink rapidly became a hit among the tribes of Western Europe, which then contributed to the French’s modern love of wine.

Gruenfeld recommends asking supervisors to let you experiment with new initiatives or skills when the stakes are relatively low and then to support you as you tackle those challenges.

When Peter Diamond was a graduate student at MIT in the early 1960s, he spent much of his time studying the elegant new models of perfectly functioning markets that were all the rage in those days.